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Moon phases December 1971

Full · Cold
Thu 02 Dec
07:48 UTC
Last quarter
Thu 09 Dec
16:03 UTC
New moon
Fri 17 Dec
19:03 UTC
First quarter
Sat 25 Dec
01:35 UTC
Full · Blue
Fri 31 Dec
20:20 UTC

In December 1971 the primary moon phases are the Full Moon on Thursday, December 2 at 07:48 UTC, the Last Quarter on Thursday, December 9 at 16:03 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, December 17 at 19:03 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, December 25 at 01:35 UTC and the Full Moon on Friday, December 31 at 20:20 UTC. The full moons are the Cold Moon and the Blue Moon.

01 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 02Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%07:48 03 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 04 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 05 Waning Gibbous, 87% lit 87% 06 Waning Gibbous, 80% lit 80% 07 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 08 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 09Last Q Last Quarter, 52% lit 52%16:03 10 Waning Crescent, 42% lit 42% 11 Waning Crescent, 33% lit 33% 12 Waning Crescent, 25% lit 25% 13 Waning Crescent, 17% lit 17% 14 Waning Crescent, 10% lit 10% 15 Waning Crescent, 5% lit 5% 16 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 17New New Moon, 0% lit 0%19:03 18 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 19 Waxing Crescent, 3% lit 3% 20 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 21 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 22 Waxing Crescent, 23% lit 23% 23 Waxing Crescent, 33% lit 33% 24 Waxing Crescent, 44% lit 44% 25First Q First Quarter, 55% lit 55%01:35 26 Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit 66% 27 Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit 77% 28 Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit 86% 29 Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit 93% 30 Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 31Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%20:20

Exact phase times

December 1971 has five primary moon phases: the Full Moon on December 2, the Last Quarter on December 9, the New Moon on December 17, the First Quarter on December 25 and the Full Moon on December 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Full MoonThursday, December 2, 197107:48
Last QuarterThursday, December 9, 197116:03
New MoonFriday, December 17, 197119:03
First QuarterSaturday, December 25, 197101:35
Full MoonFriday, December 31, 197120:20

Thursday, December 2, 1971: Cold Moon, 364,599 km from Earth. Supermoon

Friday, December 31, 1971: Blue Moon, 374,446 km from Earth. Blue Moon (monthly)

Full moons · 1971

Thirteen full moons, one blue

11 Jan Wolf 10 Feb Snow total eclipse 12 Mar Worm Micromoon 10 Apr Pink Micromoon 10 May Flower 09 Jun Straw­berry 08 Jul Buck 06 Aug Sturgeon total eclipse 05 Sept Corn Supermoon 04 Oct Harvest Supermoon 02 Nov Beaver Supermoon 02 Dec Cold Supermoon 31 Dec Blue Blue moon