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The Moon on Monday, February 13, 1961: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 13, 1961Waning Crescent

Monday 13 February 1961359,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
359,085 km223,125 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 13, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 13

More about this date

Monday, February 13, 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.