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The Moon on Friday, January 1, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on January 1, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 January 1971366,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 1, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
366,485 km227,723 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1971 is on Monday, January 11, 1971 at 13:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 28, 197010:43
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 4, 197104:55

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Friday, January 1, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1970 to the new moon of January 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.51 days.