Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, July 13, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on July 13, 1961Waxing Crescent

Thursday 13 July 1961404,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 13, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
404,627 km251,424 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 12, 196119:11
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 20, 196123:13

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Thursday, July 13, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 1961 to the new moon of August 11, 1961, a cycle of 29.64 days.