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The Moon on Friday, January 13, 1961: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on January 13, 1961Waning Crescent

Friday 13 January 1961367,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
367,506 km228,357 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 13, 1961 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 13

More about this date

Friday, January 13, 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.