New moon dates 1972
- 1972: 12 × new moon — 16 January 1972, 15 February 1972, 15 March 1972, 13 April 1972, 13 May 1972, 11 June 1972, 10 July 1972, 9 August 1972, 7 September 1972, 7 October 1972, 6 November 1972, 5 December 1972.
New moon dates 1972
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 16 Jan | 10:51 | passed |
| Tue 15 Feb | 00:28 | passed |
| Wed 15 Mar | 11:34 | passed |
| Thu 13 Apr | 20:30 | passed |
| Sat 13 May | 04:07 | passed |
| Sun 11 Jun | 11:29 | passed |
| Mon 10 Jul | 19:38 | passed |
| Wed 9 Aug | 05:25 | passed |
| Thu 7 Sep | 17:28 | passed |
| Sat 7 Oct | 08:07 | passed |
| Mon 6 Nov | 01:20 | passed |
| Tue 5 Dec | 20:23 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.