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The Moon on Thursday, February 9, 1961: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on February 9, 1961Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 February 1961375,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
375,919 km233,585 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 8, 196116:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 15, 196108:10

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Thursday, February 9, 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.