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The Moon on Tuesday, January 25, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on January 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 January 1972372,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
372,489 km231,454 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 25, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 25

More about this date

Tuesday, January 25, 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.