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The Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on June 14, 1972Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 June 1972375,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 14, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.0% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
375,614 km233,396 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 11, 197211:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 18, 197215:41

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Wednesday, June 14, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1972 to the new moon of July 10, 1972, a cycle of 29.34 days.