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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 26, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 January 1972374,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
374,214 km232,526 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.