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The Moon on Thursday, April 27, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on April 27, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 April 1972406,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 27, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
406,160 km252,376 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Thursday, April 27, 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.