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The Moon on Thursday, February 11, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on February 11, 1971Waning Gibbous

Thursday 11 February 1971405,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
405,120 km251,730 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Thursday, February 11, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.