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The Moon on Monday, November 22, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on November 22, 1971Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 November 1971387,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 22, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
387,847 km240,997 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 22, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 22

More about this date

Monday, November 22, 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.