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The Moon on Sunday, September 19, 1971: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

New Moon at

14:42UTC

Moon phase on September 19, 1971New Moon

Sunday 19 September 1971405,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 19, 1971, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
405,474 km251,950 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 11, 197118:23
New Moon (this day)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 27, 197117:18

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Sunday, September 19, 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.