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The Moon on Thursday, November 11, 1971: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on November 11, 1971Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 November 1971401,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
401,006 km249,173 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 11, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 9, 197120:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 18, 197101:46

The Moon around November 11

More about this date

Thursday, November 11, 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.