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The Moon on Thursday, March 23, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on March 23, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 March 1972383,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 23, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
383,614 km238,367 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 22, 197202:12
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 29, 197220:06

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Thursday, March 23, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1972 to the new moon of April 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.37 days.