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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on May 1, 1971Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 May 1971394,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
394,347 km245,036 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 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.