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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1971: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on August 19, 1971Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 August 1971395,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
395,767 km245,918 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 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.