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The Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on July 18, 1961Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 July 1961401,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
401,815 km249,676 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Tuesday, July 18, 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.