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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 May 1961375,829 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
375,829 km233,529 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 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.