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The Moon on Friday, November 19, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on November 19, 1971Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 November 1971397,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 19, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
397,868 km247,224 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, November 18, 197101:46
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 25, 197116:37

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Friday, November 19, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 18, 1971 to the new moon of December 17, 1971, a cycle of 29.72 days.