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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1971: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on July 16, 1971Waning Crescent

Friday 16 July 1971372,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
372,777 km231,633 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 15, 197105:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 22, 197109:15

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.