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The Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on November 7, 1972Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 7 November 1972406,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 7, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
406,557 km252,623 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 6, 197201:22
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 14, 197205:01

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Tuesday, November 7, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 1972 to the new moon of December 5, 1972, a cycle of 29.79 days.