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Moon phases October 1972

New moon
Sat 07 Oct
08:08 UTC
First quarter
Sun 15 Oct
12:55 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Sun 22 Oct
13:25 UTC
Last quarter
Sun 29 Oct
04:41 UTC

In October 1972 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Saturday, October 7 at 08:08 UTC, the First Quarter on Sunday, October 15 at 12:55 UTC, the Full Moon on Sunday, October 22 at 13:25 UTC and the Last Quarter on Sunday, October 29 at 04:41 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 32% lit 32% 02 Waning Crescent, 22% lit 22% 03 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 04 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 05 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 06 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 07New New Moon, 0% lit 0%08:08 08 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 09 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 10 Waxing Crescent, 9% lit 9% 11 Waxing Crescent, 15% lit 15% 12 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 13 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 14 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 15First Q First Quarter, 50% lit 50%12:55 16 Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit 60% 17 Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit 70% 18 Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 19 Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 20 Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 22Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%13:25 23 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 24 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 25 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 26 Waning Gibbous, 79% lit 79% 27 Waning Gibbous, 68% lit 68% 28 Waning Gibbous, 58% lit 58% 29Last Q Last Quarter, 47% lit 47%04:41 30 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 31 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27%

Exact phase times

October 1972 has four primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 7, the First Quarter on October 15, the Full Moon on October 22 and the Last Quarter on October 29.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonSaturday, October 7, 197208:08
First QuarterSunday, October 15, 197212:55
Full MoonSunday, October 22, 197213:25
Last QuarterSunday, October 29, 197204:41

Sunday, October 22, 1972: Hunter's Moon, 359,159 km from Earth. Supermoon

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