Waxing · 24.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
4.3days
Moon phase on May 17, 1972Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, May 17, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.3% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
24.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
375,971 km233,618 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 13, 1972 | 04:08 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, May 20, 1972 | 01:17 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Wednesday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.