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The Moon on Monday, August 14, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 14, 1972Waxing Crescent

Monday 14 August 1972401,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 14, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
401,426 km249,435 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1972 is on Thursday, August 24, 1972 at 18:22 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Monday, August 14, 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.