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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on September 24, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 September 1971402,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.3% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
402,209 km249,921 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.