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The Moon on Monday, October 9, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 1972Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 October 1972404,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 9, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
404,747 km251,498 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Monday, October 9, 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.