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The Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on September 30, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 September 1971371,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 30, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
371,288 km230,708 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 27, 197117:18
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 4, 197112:20

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Thursday, September 30, 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.