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The Moon on Wednesday, January 13, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on January 13, 1971Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 13 January 1971401,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 13, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.4% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
401,107 km249,236 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1971 is on Monday, January 11, 1971 at 13:20 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 26, 1971 at 22:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 11, 197113:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 19, 197118:08

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Wednesday, January 13, 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.