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The Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1972: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 55.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Last Quarter at

23:45UTC

Moon phase on April 6, 1972Last Quarter

Thursday 6 April 1972393,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 6, 1972, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.1% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
393,376 km244,432 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, March 29, 197220:06
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 6, 197223:45
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 13, 197220:31

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Thursday, April 6, 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.