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The Moon on Thursday, July 22, 1971: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

New Moon at

09:15UTC

Moon phase on July 22, 1971New Moon

Thursday 22 July 1971391,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 22, 1971, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
391,280 km243,130 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, July 15, 197105:47
New Moon (this day)Thursday, July 22, 197109:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, July 30, 197111:07

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Thursday, July 22, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1971 to the new moon of August 20, 1971, a cycle of 29.57 days.