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The Moon on Monday, July 10, 1961: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on July 10, 1961Waning Crescent

Monday 10 July 1961397,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 10, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
397,930 km247,262 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 10, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 10

More about this date

Monday, July 10, 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.