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The Moon on Sunday, April 11, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on April 11, 1971Waning Gibbous

Sunday 11 April 1971402,606 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
402,606 km250,168 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 10, 197120:10
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 18, 197112:58

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Sunday, April 11, 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.