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Moon phases August 1972

Last quarter
Wed 02 Aug
08:02 UTC
New moon
Wed 09 Aug
05:26 UTC
First quarter
Thu 17 Aug
01:09 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Thu 24 Aug
18:22 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 31 Aug
12:48 UTC

In August 1972 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Wednesday, August 2 at 08:02 UTC, the New Moon on Wednesday, August 9 at 05:26 UTC, the First Quarter on Thursday, August 17 at 01:09 UTC, the Full Moon on Thursday, August 24 at 18:22 UTC and the Last Quarter on Thursday, August 31 at 12:48 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 02Last Q Last Quarter, 48% lit 48%08:02 03 Waning Crescent, 37% lit 37% 04 Waning Crescent, 26% lit 26% 05 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 06 Waning Crescent, 9% lit 9% 07 Waning Crescent, 4% lit 4% 08 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09New New Moon, 0% lit 0%05:26 10 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 11 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 12 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 13 Waxing Crescent, 19% lit 19% 14 Waxing Crescent, 27% lit 27% 15 Waxing Crescent, 36% lit 36% 16 Waxing Crescent, 45% lit 45% 17First Q First Quarter, 54% lit 54%01:09 18 Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%18:22 25 Waning Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26 Waning Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 27 Waning Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 28 Waning Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 29 Waning Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 30 Waning Gibbous, 62% lit 62% 31Last Q Last Quarter, 51% lit 51%12:48

Exact phase times

August 1972 has five primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on August 2, the New Moon on August 9, the First Quarter on August 17, the Full Moon on August 24 and the Last Quarter on August 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterWednesday, August 2, 197208:02
New MoonWednesday, August 9, 197205:26
First QuarterThursday, August 17, 197201:09
Full MoonThursday, August 24, 197218:22
Last QuarterThursday, August 31, 197212:48

Thursday, August 24, 1972: Sturgeon Moon, 375,751 km from Earth.

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