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The Moon on Wednesday, October 25, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on October 25, 1972Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 25 October 1972361,758 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 25, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
361,758 km224,786 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 22, 197213:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 29, 197204:41

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Wednesday, October 25, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 1972 to the new moon of November 6, 1972, a cycle of 29.72 days.