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The Moon on Friday, August 4, 1961: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 4, 1961Waning Crescent

Friday 4 August 1961388,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 4, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
388,083 km241,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 4, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 3, 196111:47
New Moon (after)Friday, August 11, 196110:36

The Moon around August 4

More about this date

Friday, August 4, 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.