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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on March 26, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 March 1972395,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
395,617 km245,825 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.