Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°
Full Moon at
12:45UTC
Moon phase on April 28, 1972Full Moon
On Friday, April 28, 1972, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
406,441 km252,551 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Pink Moon, 406,439 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 28, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 13, 1972 at 20:31 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, April 20, 1972 | 12:45 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, April 28, 1972 | 12:45 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, May 6, 1972 | 12:26 |
The Moon around April 28
More about this date
Friday, April 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.