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The Moon on Sunday, July 16, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on July 16, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 July 1972397,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 16, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
397,469 km246,976 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Sunday, July 16, 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.