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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1971: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

New Moon at

22:55UTC

Moon phase on January 26, 1971New Moon

Tuesday 26 January 1971363,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 1971, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
363,649 km225,961 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 26, 1971 at 22:55 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 19, 197118:08
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, January 26, 197122:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 2, 197114:31

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.