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The Moon on Monday, January 23, 1961: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

First Quarter at

16:14UTC

Moon phase on January 23, 1961First Quarter

Monday 23 January 1961386,056 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 23, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
386,056 km239,884 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 16, 196121:30
First Quarter (this day)Monday, January 23, 196116:14
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 31, 196118:47

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Monday, January 23, 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.