Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°
First Quarter at
15:46UTC
Moon phase on April 2, 1971First Quarter
On Friday, April 2, 1971, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
390,045 km242,362 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 2, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 26, 1971 | 19:23 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, April 2, 1971 | 15:46 |
| Full Moon (after) | Saturday, April 10, 1971 | 20:10 |
The Moon around April 2
More about this date
Friday, April 2, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 26, 1971 to the new moon of April 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.36 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 1971, or the whole moon calendar 1971.
- The same date one year apart: 1970 · 1972.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.