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The Moon on Wednesday, November 24, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on November 24, 1971Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 24 November 1971379,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 24, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
379,776 km235,982 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 24, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 24

More about this date

Wednesday, November 24, 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.