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The Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on October 24, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 October 1971394,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 24, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
394,204 km244,947 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Sunday, October 24, 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.