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The Moon on Sunday, November 14, 1971: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on November 14, 1971Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 November 1971406,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 14, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
406,012 km252,284 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 14, 1971 is on Tuesday, November 2, 1971 at 21:20 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around November 14

More about this date

Sunday, November 14, 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.