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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1972: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1972Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 May 1972358,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
358,822 km222,962 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 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.