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The Moon on Sunday, July 25, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on July 25, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 25 July 1971401,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 25, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.4% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
401,096 km249,229 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Sunday, July 25, 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.