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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1971: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Last Quarter at

05:47UTC

Moon phase on July 15, 1971Last Quarter

Thursday 15 July 1971370,769 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
370,769 km230,385 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 8, 197110:37
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, July 15, 197105:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 22, 197109:15

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 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.