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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on October 11, 1972Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 October 1972405,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
405,840 km252,177 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.