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The Moon on Friday, January 20, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 1961Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 January 1961367,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 20, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
367,948 km228,632 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Friday, January 20, 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.