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The Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on December 1, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 December 1971362,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 1, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
362,687 km225,363 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 1, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 18, 1971 at 01:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 1

More about this date

Wednesday, December 1, 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.