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The Moon on Saturday, February 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on February 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 February 1961365,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
365,655 km227,207 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 11, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 11

More about this date

Saturday, February 11, 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.