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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1971Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 April 1971383,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.0% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
383,195 km238,106 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.