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The Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on October 20, 1971Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 October 1971405,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 20, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
405,069 km251,698 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 19, 197107:59
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 27, 197105:54

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Wednesday, October 20, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 1971 to the new moon of November 18, 1971, a cycle of 29.74 days.