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The Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on November 12, 1972Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 November 1972396,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 12, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
396,279 km246,236 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Sunday, November 12, 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.