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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1971: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Last Quarter at

20:15UTC

Moon phase on May 17, 1971Last Quarter

Monday 17 May 1971373,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
373,091 km231,828 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 10, 197111:24
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, May 17, 197120:15
New Moon (after)Monday, May 24, 197112:32

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 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.