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The Moon on Tuesday, July 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on July 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 July 1961400,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
400,672 km248,966 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Tuesday, July 11, 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.