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The Moon on Sunday, November 28, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on November 28, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 November 1971364,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 28, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.1% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
364,526 km226,506 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, November 25, 197116:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 2, 197107:48

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Sunday, November 28, 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.