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The Moon on Saturday, July 15, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 15, 1972Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 July 1972393,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 15, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
393,064 km244,238 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Saturday, July 15, 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.