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The Moon on Sunday, July 4, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on July 4, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 July 1971394,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 4, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
394,154 km244,916 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 30, 197118:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 8, 197110:37

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Sunday, July 4, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1971 to the new moon of July 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.47 days.