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The Moon on Saturday, February 18, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on February 18, 1961Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 February 1961371,962 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
371,962 km231,126 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Saturday, February 18, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.