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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1971: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on May 20, 1971Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 May 1971365,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,837 km227,321 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1971 is on Monday, May 10, 1971 at 11:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 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.