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The Moon on Monday, August 9, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on August 9, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 9 August 1971363,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 9, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.1% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
363,114 km225,629 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Monday, August 9, 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.