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The Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 11 May 1971393,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
393,493 km244,505 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 10, 197111:24
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 17, 197120:15

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Tuesday, May 11, 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.