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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on January 29, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 January 1972382,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
382,465 km237,652 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1972 is on Sunday, January 30, 1972 at 10:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 1972 at 10:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.