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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on October 3, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 October 1971357,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
357,946 km222,417 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 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.