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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1971: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on March 21, 1971Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 March 1971375,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
375,602 km233,388 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.