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The Moon on Monday, August 7, 1972: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 7, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 7 August 1972374,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 7, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
374,579 km232,752 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 2, 197208:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 9, 197205:26

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Monday, August 7, 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.