Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, July 19, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on July 19, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 July 1961398,349 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 19, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
398,349 km247,523 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 19, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 19

More about this date

Wednesday, July 19, 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.