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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 21°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on April 19, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 April 1961394,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
394,949 km245,410 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 15, 196105:38
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.