Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°
Moon age
3.7days
Moon phase on December 21, 1971Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, December 21, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
380,226 km236,261 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 1971 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, December 17, 1971 | 19:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, December 25, 1971 | 01:35 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Tuesday, December 21, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 17, 1971 to the new moon of January 16, 1972, a cycle of 29.66 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1971, or the whole moon calendar 1971.
- The same date one year apart: 1970 · 1972.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.