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The Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on November 23, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 November 1971383,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 23, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
383,921 km238,557 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Tuesday, November 23, 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.