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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1971: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Last Quarter at

02:30UTC

Moon phase on March 20, 1971Last Quarter

Saturday 20 March 1971381,453 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
381,453 km237,024 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 12, 197102:34
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 20, 197102:30
New Moon (after)Friday, March 26, 197119:23

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.