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The Moon on Sunday, November 21, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 11.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on November 21, 1971Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 November 1971391,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 21, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
391,495 km243,264 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Sunday, November 21, 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.