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The Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1971: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on December 14, 1971Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 December 1971402,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 14, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.5% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
402,489 km250,095 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1971 is on Thursday, December 2, 1971 at 07:48 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Tuesday, December 14, 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.