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The Moon on Saturday, December 4, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on December 4, 1971Waning Gibbous

Saturday 4 December 1971374,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 4, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
374,012 km232,400 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 4, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 2, 197107:48
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 9, 197116:03

The Moon around December 4

More about this date

Saturday, December 4, 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.