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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1971Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 April 1971386,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
386,323 km240,050 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 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.