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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1971: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on August 16, 1971Waning Crescent

Monday 16 August 1971385,287 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
385,287 km239,406 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 13, 197110:55
New Moon (after)Friday, August 20, 197122:54

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.