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The Moon on Monday, March 1, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on March 1, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 1 March 1971368,478 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 1, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
368,478 km228,961 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 25, 197109:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 4, 197102:01

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Monday, March 1, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1971 to the new moon of March 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.40 days.