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The Moon on Saturday, June 10, 1972: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 10, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 June 1972360,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
360,586 km224,058 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Saturday, June 10, 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.