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The Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 1972: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on June 7, 1972Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 June 1972365,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 7, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,122 km226,876 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 4, 197221:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 11, 197211:30

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Wednesday, June 7, 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.