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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on October 1, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 October 1971365,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
365,639 km227,197 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 19, 1971 at 14:42 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 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.