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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 27, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 March 1972398,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
398,694 km247,737 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.