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The Moon on Monday, October 25, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on October 25, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 25 October 1971389,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 25, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
389,784 km242,201 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Monday, October 25, 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.