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The Moon on Monday, December 6, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on December 6, 1971Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 December 1971385,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 6, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
385,595 km239,598 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Monday, December 6, 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.