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The Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on March 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 March 1972392,060 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
392,060 km243,615 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Saturday, March 25, 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.