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The Moon on Tuesday, March 14, 1972: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 14, 1972Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 March 1972364,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 14, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
364,840 km226,701 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1972 is on Tuesday, February 29, 1972 at 03:12 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 8, 197207:06
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 15, 197211:35

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Tuesday, March 14, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1972 to the new moon of March 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.46 days.