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The Moon on Saturday, December 2, 1972: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on December 2, 1972Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 December 1972404,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
404,985 km251,646 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, November 27, 197217:45
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 5, 197220:24

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Saturday, December 2, 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.