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The Moon on Saturday, November 11, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on November 11, 1972Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 November 1972400,172 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
400,172 km248,655 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Saturday, November 11, 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.