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The Moon on Thursday, April 13, 1961: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on April 13, 1961Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 April 1961370,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
370,082 km229,958 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 13, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 13

More about this date

Thursday, April 13, 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.