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The Moon on Saturday, November 4, 1972: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on November 4, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 November 1972403,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 4, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
403,582 km250,774 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 4, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 29, 197204:41
New Moon (after)Monday, November 6, 197201:22

The Moon around November 4

More about this date

Saturday, November 4, 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.