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The Moon on Monday, April 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on April 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 10 April 1972369,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
369,659 km229,695 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 6, 197223:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 13, 197220:31

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Monday, April 10, 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.