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The Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on March 14, 1971Waning Gibbous

Sunday 14 March 1971404,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 14, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.8% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
404,564 km251,384 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Sunday, March 14, 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.