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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 April 1971405,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,572 km252,011 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 26, 1971 at 19:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.