Waning · 99.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°
Moon age
14.7days
Moon phase on January 1, 1972Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, January 1, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
377,092 km234,314 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 1, 1972 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, December 31, 1971 | 20:20 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, January 8, 1972 | 13:31 |
The Moon around January 1
More about this date
Saturday, January 1, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1971 to the new moon of January 16, 1972, a cycle of 29.66 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.