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The Moon on Monday, March 13, 1961: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on March 13, 1961Waning Crescent

Monday 13 March 1961363,623 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
363,623 km225,945 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 10, 196102:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 16, 196118:51

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Monday, March 13, 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.