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The Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on April 4, 1972Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 April 1972401,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 4, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
401,487 km249,472 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Tuesday, April 4, 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.