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The Moon on Saturday, January 14, 1961: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 14, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 January 1961362,462 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
362,462 km225,224 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 14, 1961 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 14

More about this date

Saturday, January 14, 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.