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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on August 11, 1972Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 August 1972390,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
390,314 km242,530 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1972 is on Thursday, August 24, 1972 at 18:22 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 9, 197205:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 17, 197201:09

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 9, 1972 to the new moon of September 7, 1972, a cycle of 29.50 days.