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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on April 26, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 April 1972405,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,193 km251,775 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 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.