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The Moon on Saturday, October 30, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on October 30, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 October 1971363,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 30, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
363,698 km225,991 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Saturday, October 30, 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.