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The Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 May 1972360,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 14, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
360,532 km224,024 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 13, 197204:08
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 20, 197201:17

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Sunday, May 14, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.