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The Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on October 7, 1971Waning Gibbous

Thursday 7 October 1971364,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 7, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
364,366 km226,407 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Thursday, October 7, 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.