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The Moon on Thursday, May 25, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 May 1972406,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
406,121 km252,352 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 13, 1972 at 04:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 20, 197201:17
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 28, 197204:28

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Thursday, May 25, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.