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Moon phases January 1972

Last quarter
Sat 08 Jan
13:31 UTC
New moon
Sun 16 Jan
10:53 UTC
First quarter
Sun 23 Jan
09:29 UTC
Full · Wolf
Sun 30 Jan
10:58 UTC

In January 1972 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Saturday, January 8 at 13:31 UTC, the New Moon on Sunday, January 16 at 10:53 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, January 23 at 09:29 UTC and the Full Moon on Sunday, January 30 at 10:58 UTC. The full moon is the Wolf Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 02 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 03 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 04 Waning Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 05 Waning Gibbous, 78% lit 78% 06 Waning Gibbous, 69% lit 69% 07 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 08Last Q Last Quarter, 51% lit 51%13:31 09 Waning Crescent, 41% lit 41% 10 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 11 Waning Crescent, 24% lit 24% 12 Waning Crescent, 16% lit 16% 13 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 14 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 15 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 16New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:53 17 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 18 Waxing Crescent, 5% lit 5% 19 Waxing Crescent, 11% lit 11% 20 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 21 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 22 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 23First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:29 24 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 26 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 30Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%10:58 31 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99%

Exact phase times

January 1972 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on January 8, the New Moon on January 16, the First Quarter on January 23 and the Full Moon on January 30.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterSaturday, January 8, 197213:31
New MoonSunday, January 16, 197210:53
First QuarterSunday, January 23, 197209:29
Full MoonSunday, January 30, 197210:58

Sunday, January 30, 1972: Wolf Moon, 385,977 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1972

Twelve full moons, one blue

30 Jan Wolf total eclipse 29 Feb Snow 29 Mar Worm Micromoon 28 Apr Pink Micromoon 28 May Flower Micromoon 26 Jun Straw­berry 26 Jul Buck partial eclipse 24 Aug Sturgeon 23 Sept Harvest Supermoon 22 Oct Hunter’s Supermoon 20 Nov Beaver Blue moon 20 Dec Cold Supermoon