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The Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on July 30, 1972Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 July 1972373,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 30, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.3% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
373,762 km232,245 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 26, 197207:24
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 2, 197208:02

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Sunday, July 30, 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.