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The Moon on Monday, September 27, 1971: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

First Quarter at

17:18UTC

Moon phase on September 27, 1971First Quarter

Monday 27 September 1971389,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 27, 1971, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
389,488 km242,017 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 19, 197114:42
First Quarter (this day)Monday, September 27, 197117:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 4, 197112:20

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Monday, September 27, 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.