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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on April 2, 1972Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 April 1972405,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,518 km251,977 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 29, 197220:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 6, 197223:45

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 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.