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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1972: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1972Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 August 1972377,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
377,772 km234,737 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.