Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on March 17, 1972Waxing Crescent
On Friday, March 17, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,389 km223,935 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 17, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, March 15, 1972 | 11:35 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, March 22, 1972 | 02:12 |
The Moon around March 17
More about this date
Friday, March 17, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1972 to the new moon of April 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.37 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.