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The Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on April 29, 1972Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 April 1972406,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 29, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
406,053 km252,310 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 28, 197212:45
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, May 6, 197212:26

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Saturday, April 29, 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.