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The Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1971: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on October 13, 1971Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 October 1971397,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 13, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
397,378 km246,919 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Wednesday, October 13, 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.