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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 7, 1972Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 January 1972402,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
402,659 km250,201 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1972 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 31, 197120:20
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 8, 197213:31

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 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.