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The Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on April 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 April 1972403,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.8% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
403,504 km250,725 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 25, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 25

More about this date

Tuesday, April 25, 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.