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The Moon on Sunday, April 4, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on April 4, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 April 1971399,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 4, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.0% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
399,365 km248,154 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 2, 197115:46
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 10, 197120:10

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Sunday, April 4, 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.