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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on December 27, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 December 1971367,714 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.7% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
367,714 km228,487 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1971 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, December 25, 197101:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 31, 197120:20

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.