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The Moon on Monday, May 8, 1972: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 29.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on May 8, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 8 May 1972371,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 8, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
371,618 km230,913 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 6, 197212:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 13, 197204:08

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Monday, May 8, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1972 to the new moon of May 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.32 days.