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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on April 24, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 April 1972401,044 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
401,044 km249,197 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 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.