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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 1971: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on December 10, 1971Waning Crescent

Friday 10 December 1971403,121 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
403,121 km250,488 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 9, 197116:03
New Moon (after)Friday, December 17, 197119:03

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 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.