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The Moon on Thursday, April 8, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on April 8, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 April 1971406,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 8, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
406,091 km252,333 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Thursday, April 8, 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.