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The Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 69.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on April 22, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 April 1972393,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 22, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.8% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
393,704 km244,636 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 20, 197212:45
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 28, 197212:45

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Saturday, April 22, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1972 to the new moon of May 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.32 days.