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The Moon on Friday, May 14, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on May 14, 1971Waning Gibbous

Friday 14 May 1971383,237 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 14, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
383,237 km238,132 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Friday, May 14, 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.