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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 44.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on August 28, 1971Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 August 1971398,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
398,448 km247,584 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.