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The Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on July 2, 1972Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 July 1972377,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
377,132 km234,339 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Sunday, July 2, 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.