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The Moon on Monday, April 19, 1971: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 19, 1971Waning Crescent

Monday 19 April 1971372,273 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 19, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
372,273 km231,320 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1971 is on Saturday, April 10, 1971 at 20:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 18, 197112:58
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 25, 197104:02

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Monday, April 19, 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.