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The Moon on Sunday, January 10, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on January 10, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 10 January 1971392,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 10, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
392,167 km243,681 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 4, 197104:55
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 11, 197113:20

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Sunday, January 10, 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.