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The Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1972: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on November 15, 1972Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 November 1972379,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 15, 1972, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
379,802 km235,998 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 6, 1972 at 01:22 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 14, 197205:01
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 20, 197223:07

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Wednesday, November 15, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 6, 1972 to the new moon of December 5, 1972, a cycle of 29.79 days.