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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1971: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on October 12, 1971Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 1971392,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.3% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
392,927 km244,154 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 11, 197105:29
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 19, 197107:59

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 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.