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The Moon on Monday, July 12, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on July 12, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 July 1971367,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
367,916 km228,613 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 8, 197110:37
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, July 15, 197105:47

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Monday, July 12, 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.