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The Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on August 25, 1971Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 August 1971405,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 25, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
405,580 km252,016 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Wednesday, August 25, 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.