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The Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on January 3, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 January 1971370,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 3, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
370,326 km230,110 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1971 is on Monday, January 11, 1971 at 13:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 28, 1970 at 10:43 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Sunday, January 3, 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.