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The Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 1961: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on February 14, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 February 1961358,200 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
358,200 km222,575 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Tuesday, February 14, 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.