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The Moon on Friday, April 14, 1961: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on April 14, 1961Waning Crescent

Friday 14 April 1961372,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
372,767 km231,627 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Friday, April 14, 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.