Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°
Full Moon at
20:20UTC
Moon phase on December 31, 1971Full Moon
On Friday, December 31, 1971, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
373,187 km231,888 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Cold Moon, 374,446 km from Earth. Blue Moon (monthly)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 1971 is on Friday, December 31, 1971 at 20:20 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 17, 1971 at 19:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, December 25, 1971 | 01:35 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, December 31, 1971 | 20:20 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, January 8, 1972 | 13:31 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Friday, December 31, 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.