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The Moon on Friday, November 12, 1971: Waning Crescent, 26% lit

Waning · 25.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on November 12, 1971Waning Crescent

Friday 12 November 1971403,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
403,773 km250,893 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Friday, November 12, 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.