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The Moon on Monday, December 4, 1972: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on December 4, 1972Waning Crescent

Monday 4 December 1972406,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 4, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
406,548 km252,617 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Monday, December 4, 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.