New moon dates 1971
- 1971: 12 × new moon — 27 January 1971, 25 February 1971, 26 March 1971, 25 April 1971, 24 May 1971, 23 June 1971, 22 July 1971, 21 August 1971, 19 September 1971, 19 October 1971, 18 November 1971, 17 December 1971.
New moon dates 1971
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 27 Jan | 22:54 | passed |
| Thu 25 Feb | 09:47 | passed |
| Fri 26 Mar | 19:22 | passed |
| Sun 25 Apr | 04:01 | passed |
| Mon 24 May | 12:31 | passed |
| Wed 23 Jun | 21:56 | passed |
| Thu 22 Jul | 09:14 | passed |
| Sat 21 Aug | 22:52 | passed |
| Sun 19 Sep | 14:41 | passed |
| Tue 19 Oct | 07:58 | passed |
| Thu 18 Nov | 01:45 | passed |
| Fri 17 Dec | 19:02 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.