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The Moon on Tuesday, November 14, 1972: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

First Quarter at

05:01UTC

Moon phase on November 14, 1972First Quarter

Tuesday 14 November 1972385,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 14, 1972, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
385,897 km239,785 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 14, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 6, 197201:22
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 14, 197205:01
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 20, 197223:07

The Moon around November 14

More about this date

Tuesday, November 14, 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.