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The Moon on Sunday, August 13, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on August 13, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 13 August 1972398,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 13, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
398,402 km247,556 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1972 is on Thursday, August 24, 1972 at 18:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Sunday, August 13, 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.