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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on October 26, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 October 1971384,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
384,772 km239,086 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.