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The Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 4, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 May 1971404,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 4, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,221 km251,171 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 4, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 25, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 2, 197107:34
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 10, 197111:24

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Tuesday, May 4, 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.