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The Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on September 17, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 September 1972394,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 17, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.4% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
394,728 km245,272 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 7, 1972 at 17:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Sunday, September 17, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 1972 to the new moon of October 7, 1972, a cycle of 29.61 days.