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The Moon on Monday, April 26, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 26, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 April 1971366,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
366,514 km227,741 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 25, 197104:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 2, 197107:34

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Monday, April 26, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1971 to the new moon of May 24, 1971, a cycle of 29.35 days.