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The Moon on Sunday, November 26, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on November 26, 1972Waning Gibbous

Sunday 26 November 1972379,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 26, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
379,716 km235,945 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 26, 1972 is on Monday, November 20, 1972 at 23:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 20, 197223:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, November 27, 197217:45

The Moon around November 26

More about this date

Sunday, November 26, 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.