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The Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on March 13, 1971Waning Gibbous

Saturday 13 March 1971405,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 13, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
405,780 km252,140 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 12, 197102:34
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 20, 197102:30

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Saturday, March 13, 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.