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The Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on March 18, 1972Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 March 1972362,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 18, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
362,212 km225,068 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 15, 197211:35
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 22, 197202:12

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Saturday, March 18, 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.