Moon phases in 1971: full, new and quarter moons

Full moons12

Closest full moon356,720 km1971-10-04 21:19

Farthest full moon406,369 km1971-03-12 11:33

Near vs far49,649 kmapparent diameter about 14% larger

Second full moon in a month0

Full-moon distance (km)

Jan 11395,570

Feb 10403,424

Mar 12406,369

Apr 11403,852

May 10396,769

Jun 9386,875

Jul 8376,176

Aug 7366,569

Sep 5359,678

Oct 4356,720

Nov 3358,377

Dec 2364,609

Principal phases (JST)

Phase	Date	Distance (km)
First quarter	1971-01-04 13:54	372,251
Full moon	1971-01-11 22:20	395,570
Last quarter	1971-01-20 03:08	398,780
New moon	1971-01-27 07:55	362,339
First quarter	1971-02-02 23:30	376,752
Full moon	1971-02-10 16:41	403,424
Last quarter	1971-02-18 21:13	391,562
New moon	1971-02-25 18:48	357,520
First quarter	1971-03-04 11:01	383,325
Full moon	1971-03-12 11:33	406,369
Last quarter	1971-03-20 11:29	383,684
New moon	1971-03-27 04:23	357,464
First quarter	1971-04-03 00:45	390,952
Full moon	1971-04-11 05:09	403,852
Last quarter	1971-04-18 21:57	376,801
New moon	1971-04-25 13:01	361,938
First quarter	1971-05-02 16:33	398,068
Full moon	1971-05-10 20:23	396,769
Last quarter	1971-05-18 05:14	371,999
New moon	1971-05-24 21:31	369,991
First quarter	1971-06-01 09:42	402,882
Full moon	1971-06-09 09:03	386,875
Last quarter	1971-06-16 10:24	369,797
New moon	1971-06-23 06:57	380,216
First quarter	1971-07-01 03:10	404,109
Full moon	1971-07-08 19:36	376,176
Last quarter	1971-07-15 14:46	370,291
New moon	1971-07-22 18:14	390,876
First quarter	1971-07-30 20:07	401,491
Full moon	1971-08-07 04:42	366,569
Last quarter	1971-08-13 19:55	373,371
New moon	1971-08-21 07:53	399,997
First quarter	1971-08-29 11:56	395,759
Full moon	1971-09-05 13:02	359,678
Last quarter	1971-09-12 03:23	378,819
New moon	1971-09-19 23:42	405,614
First quarter	1971-09-28 02:17	388,302
Full moon	1971-10-04 21:19	356,720
Last quarter	1971-10-11 14:29	386,124
New moon	1971-10-19 16:58	406,273
First quarter	1971-10-27 14:54	380,793
Full moon	1971-11-03 06:19	358,377
Last quarter	1971-11-10 05:51	394,099
New moon	1971-11-18 10:45	401,575
First quarter	1971-11-26 01:36	374,766
Full moon	1971-12-02 16:48	364,609
Last quarter	1971-12-10 01:02	400,800
New moon	1971-12-18 04:02	392,472
First quarter	1971-12-25 10:34	371,190

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (JST). Illumination and age are for 12:00 JST; moonrise and moonset are for Tokyo. Distances are centre to centre. "Supermoon" is not a formal astronomical term.

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12 full moons in 1971. Closest: 1971-10-04 21:19 JST (356,720 km); farthest: 1971-03-12 11:33 JST (406,369 km).