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The Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 20 June 1972403,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 20, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
403,736 km250,870 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 18, 197215:41
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 26, 197218:46

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Tuesday, June 20, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1972 to the new moon of July 10, 1972, a cycle of 29.34 days.