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The Moon on Tuesday, August 8, 1961: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 August 1961402,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 8, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
402,998 km250,411 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Tuesday, August 8, 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.