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The Moon on Tuesday, November 9, 1971: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Last Quarter at

20:52UTC

Moon phase on November 9, 1971Last Quarter

Tuesday 9 November 1971392,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 9, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.8% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
392,204 km243,704 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, November 2, 197121:20
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 9, 197120:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 18, 197101:46

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Tuesday, November 9, 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.