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The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 21, 1961Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 February 1961390,326 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
390,326 km242,538 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 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.