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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on August 31, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 August 1971382,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
382,369 km237,593 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 29, 197102:56
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 5, 197104:02

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 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.