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The Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1971: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on February 21, 1971Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 February 1971373,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 21, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
373,477 km232,068 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 18, 197112:14
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 25, 197109:49

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Sunday, February 21, 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.