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The Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1972: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on September 30, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 September 1972376,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 30, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
376,506 km233,950 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 29, 197219:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 7, 197208:08

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Saturday, September 30, 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.