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The Moon on Monday, September 20, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on September 20, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 September 1971406,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 20, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
406,339 km252,487 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42
First Quarter (after)Monday, September 27, 197117:18

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Monday, September 20, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1971 to the new moon of October 19, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.