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The Moon on Wednesday, March 10, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 10, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 March 1971405,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 10, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
405,460 km251,941 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 10, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 10

More about this date

Wednesday, March 10, 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.