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The Moon on Monday, January 24, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on January 24, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 January 1972371,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 24, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
371,228 km230,670 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 23, 197209:29
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 30, 197210:58

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Monday, January 24, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1972 to the new moon of February 15, 1972, a cycle of 29.57 days.