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The Moon on Sunday, July 9, 1961: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 9, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 July 1961394,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
394,721 km245,268 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 5, 196103:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 12, 196119:11

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Sunday, July 9, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1961 to the new moon of July 12, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.