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The Moon on Monday, March 15, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on March 15, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 March 1971402,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 15, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
402,625 km250,180 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Monday, March 15, 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.