Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°
Moon age
3.4days
Moon phase on November 9, 1972Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, November 9, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
405,096 km251,715 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to November 9, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 3 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, November 6, 1972 | 01:22 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, November 14, 1972 | 05:01 |
The Moon around November 9
More about this date
Thursday, November 9, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in November 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.