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The Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on September 27, 1972Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 September 1972365,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 27, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
365,848 km227,327 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1972 is on Saturday, September 23, 1972 at 04:07 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 7, 1972 at 08:08 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 23, 197204:07
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 29, 197219:16

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Wednesday, September 27, 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.