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The Moon on Monday, March 22, 1971: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on March 22, 1971Waning Crescent

Monday 22 March 1971369,862 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 22, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
369,862 km229,822 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Monday, March 22, 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.