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The Moon on Wednesday, October 4, 1972: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on October 4, 1972Waning Crescent

Wednesday 4 October 1972391,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 4, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
391,779 km243,440 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Wednesday, October 4, 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.