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The Moon on Tuesday, April 13, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 13 April 1971397,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 13, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
397,515 km247,004 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Tuesday, April 13, 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.