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The Moon on Monday, November 8, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 63.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on November 8, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 8 November 1971386,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 8, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.8% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
386,471 km240,142 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 2, 197121:20
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 9, 197120:52

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Monday, November 8, 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.