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The Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1961: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 9, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 April 1961369,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,062 km229,325 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 8, 196110:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 15, 196105:38

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Sunday, April 9, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1961 to the new moon of April 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.