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The Moon on Tuesday, April 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on April 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 April 1961367,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
367,789 km228,533 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 11, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 11

More about this date

Tuesday, April 11, 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.