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The Moon on Thursday, December 7, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on December 7, 1972Waxing Crescent

Thursday 7 December 1972403,809 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 7, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
403,809 km250,915 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1972 is on Wednesday, December 20, 1972 at 09:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 5, 197220:24
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 13, 197218:36

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Thursday, December 7, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 1972 to the new moon of January 4, 1973, a cycle of 29.80 days.