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The Moon on Tuesday, August 24, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on August 24, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 August 1971405,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 24, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
405,762 km252,129 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 20, 197122:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, August 29, 197102:56

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Tuesday, August 24, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 20, 1971 to the new moon of September 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.66 days.