Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°
Full Moon at
23:06UTC
Moon phase on January 1, 1961Full Moon
On Sunday, January 1, 1961, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
404,988 km251,648 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 405,518 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 1, 1961 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 18, 1960 at 10:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, December 25, 1960 | 02:30 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, January 1, 1961 | 23:06 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Tuesday, January 10, 1961 | 03:02 |
The Moon around January 1
More about this date
Sunday, January 1, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1960 to the new moon of January 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1961, or the whole moon calendar 1961.
- The same date one year apart: 1960 · 1962.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.