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The Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1971: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on September 14, 1971Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 September 1971392,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 14, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
392,041 km243,603 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1971 is on Sunday, September 5, 1971 at 04:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Tuesday, September 14, 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.