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The Moon on Saturday, September 11, 1971: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Last Quarter at

18:23UTC

Moon phase on September 11, 1971Last Quarter

Saturday 11 September 1971377,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 11, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
377,441 km234,531 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 5, 197104:02
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, September 11, 197118:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Saturday, September 11, 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.