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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on July 31, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 July 1971397,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
397,856 km247,216 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 22, 1971 at 09:15 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, July 30, 197111:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 6, 197119:42

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 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.