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The Moon on Friday, September 1, 1972: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on September 1, 1972Waning Crescent

Friday 1 September 1972372,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 1, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
372,314 km231,345 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1972 is on Thursday, August 24, 1972 at 18:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 7, 1972 at 17:29 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 31, 197212:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 7, 197217:29

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Friday, September 1, 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.