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The Moon on Saturday, September 2, 1972: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on September 2, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 September 1972374,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
374,629 km232,784 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1972 is on Thursday, August 24, 1972 at 18:22 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 7, 1972 at 17:29 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Saturday, September 2, 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.