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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on March 16, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 March 1971399,912 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
399,912 km248,494 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.