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The Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on September 7, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 7 September 1971360,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 7, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
360,179 km223,805 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 7, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 5, 197104:02
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 11, 197118:23

The Moon around September 7

More about this date

Tuesday, September 7, 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.