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The Moon on Wednesday, January 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on January 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 January 1961379,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.8% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
379,631 km235,892 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1961 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 10, 196103:02
New Moon (after)Monday, January 16, 196121:30

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Wednesday, January 11, 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.