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The Moon on Tuesday, January 17, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on January 17, 1961Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 January 1961356,970 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 17, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
356,970 km221,811 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 17, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 16, 196121:30
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 23, 196116:14

The Moon around January 17

More about this date

Tuesday, January 17, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1961 to the new moon of February 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.