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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on April 30, 1972Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 April 1972404,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
404,988 km251,647 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1972 is on Friday, April 28, 1972 at 12:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 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.