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The Moon on Wednesday, July 12, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 1972Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 July 1972377,528 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 12, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
377,528 km234,585 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 10, 197219:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 18, 197207:46

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Wednesday, July 12, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1972 to the new moon of August 9, 1972, a cycle of 29.41 days.