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The Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on September 4, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 September 1971361,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 4, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
361,324 km224,516 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 4, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 4

More about this date

Saturday, September 4, 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.