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The Moon on Monday, April 12, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 April 1971400,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
400,307 km248,739 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Monday, April 12, 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.