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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1971: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 20, 1971Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 January 1971395,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
395,600 km245,814 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1971 is on Monday, January 11, 1971 at 13:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 26, 1971 at 22:55 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 19, 197118:08
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 26, 197122:55

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.