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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 1971: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on October 18, 1971Waning Crescent

Monday 18 October 1971406,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
406,579 km252,636 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1971 is on Monday, October 4, 1971 at 12:20 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 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.