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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on October 8, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 8 October 1972403,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
403,056 km250,447 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 7, 197208:08
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 15, 197212:55

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 1972 to the new moon of November 6, 1972, a cycle of 29.72 days.