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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on October 14, 1972Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 October 1972399,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.1% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
399,765 km248,402 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.