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The Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on June 29, 1972Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 June 1972387,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 29, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
387,496 km240,779 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 26, 197218:46
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 4, 197203:26

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Thursday, June 29, 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.