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The Moon on Monday, May 15, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on May 15, 1961Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 May 1961389,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 15, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
389,340 km241,925 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 14, 196116:54
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 22, 196116:19

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Monday, May 15, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.