Waning · 100.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°
Full Moon at
09:45UTC
Moon phase on December 20, 1972Full Moon
On Wednesday, December 20, 1972, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
358,930 km223,029 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 358,766 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 20, 1972 is on Wednesday, December 20, 1972 at 09:45 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 5, 1972 at 20:24 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Wednesday, December 13, 1972 | 18:36 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Wednesday, December 20, 1972 | 09:45 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Wednesday, December 27, 1972 | 10:28 |
The Moon around December 20
More about this date
Wednesday, December 20, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 5, 1972 to the new moon of January 4, 1973, a cycle of 29.80 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1972, or the whole moon calendar 1972.
- The same date one year apart: 1971 · 1973.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.