Waning · 53.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°
Last Quarter at
19:16UTC
Moon phase on September 29, 1972Last Quarter
On Friday, September 29, 1972, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .
53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
372,563 km231,500 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to September 29, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 8 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, September 23, 1972 | 04:07 |
| Last Quarter (this day) | Friday, September 29, 1972 | 19:16 |
| New Moon (after) | Saturday, October 7, 1972 | 08:08 |
The Moon around September 29
More about this date
Friday, September 29, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in September 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.