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The Moon on Sunday, October 31, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 31, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 31 October 1971360,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 31, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
360,133 km223,776 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 19, 1971 at 07:59 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Sunday, October 31, 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.