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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on October 28, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 October 1971373,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
373,756 km232,241 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 27, 197105:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, November 2, 197121:20

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.