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The Moon on Sunday, March 7, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on March 7, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 March 1971398,956 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 7, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
398,956 km247,900 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 4, 197102:01
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 12, 197102:34

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Sunday, March 7, 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.