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The Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on October 26, 1972Waning Gibbous

Thursday 26 October 1972365,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
365,681 km227,224 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1972 is on Sunday, October 22, 1972 at 13:25 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Thursday, October 26, 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.