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The Moon on Tuesday, August 1, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 1, 1972Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 August 1972370,584 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 1, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
370,584 km230,270 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1972 is on Wednesday, July 26, 1972 at 07:24 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 9, 1972 at 05:26 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Tuesday, August 1, 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.