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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 July 1972397,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
397,298 km246,869 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 18, 197207:46
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 26, 197207:24

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1972 to the new moon of August 9, 1972, a cycle of 29.41 days.