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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 03°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on October 22, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 October 1971400,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
400,993 km249,165 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 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.