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The Moon on Friday, March 19, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

22.1days

Moon phase on March 19, 1971Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 March 1971387,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 19, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
387,034 km240,492 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Friday, March 19, 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.