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The Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 24, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 June 1972402,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 24, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
402,633 km250,184 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Saturday, June 24, 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.