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The Moon on Monday, November 27, 1972: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 52.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Last Quarter at

17:45UTC

Moon phase on November 27, 1972Last Quarter

Monday 27 November 1972385,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 27, 1972, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
385,787 km239,717 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 27, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 20, 197223:07
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, November 27, 197217:45
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 5, 197220:24

The Moon around November 27

More about this date

Monday, November 27, 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.