Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°
Moon age
12.0days
Moon phase on January 28, 1972Waxing Gibbous
On Friday, January 28, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
379,202 km235,625 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 28, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, January 23, 1972 | 09:29 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, January 30, 1972 | 10:58 |
The Moon around January 28
More about this date
Friday, January 28, 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.
- 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.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.