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The Moon on Tuesday, July 6, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on July 6, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 July 1971384,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 6, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
384,781 km239,092 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Tuesday, July 6, 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.