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The Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on April 23, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 April 1972397,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 23, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
397,779 km247,168 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Sunday, April 23, 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.