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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on October 5, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 October 1971357,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
357,473 km222,123 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 4, 197112:20
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 11, 197105:29

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 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.