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The Moon on Monday, December 11, 1972: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on December 11, 1972Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 December 1972391,452 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 11, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
391,452 km243,237 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1972 is on Wednesday, December 20, 1972 at 09:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Monday, December 11, 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.