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The Moon on Monday, July 3, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1972Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 July 1972373,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 3, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
373,845 km232,297 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1972 is on Monday, June 26, 1972 at 18:46 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Monday, July 3, 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.