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The Moon on Sunday, September 10, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on September 10, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 September 1972400,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 10, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
400,476 km248,844 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 10, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 7, 1972 at 17:29 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 7, 197217:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 15, 197219:13

The Moon around September 10

More about this date

Sunday, September 10, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 1972 to the new moon of October 7, 1972, a cycle of 29.61 days.