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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on August 8, 1971Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 August 1971363,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
363,181 km225,670 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 6, 197119:42
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 13, 197110:55

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 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.