Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°
Moon age
1.1days
Moon phase on July 23, 1971Waxing Crescent
On Friday, July 23, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.
1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
394,864 km245,357 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to July 23, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, July 22, 1971 | 09:15 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, July 30, 1971 | 11:07 |
The Moon around July 23
More about this date
Friday, July 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in July 1971, or the whole moon calendar 1971.
- The same date one year apart: 1970 · 1972.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.