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The Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on July 25, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 25 July 1972389,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
389,749 km242,179 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 10, 1972 at 19:39 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Tuesday, July 25, 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.