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The Moon on Monday, March 20, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on March 20, 1972Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 March 1972369,442 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 20, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
369,442 km229,560 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Monday, March 20, 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.