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The Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1971: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on September 12, 1971Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 September 1971382,660 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
382,660 km237,774 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 11, 197118:23
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Sunday, September 12, 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.