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The Moon on Thursday, August 10, 1961: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 10, 1961Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 August 1961405,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 10, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
405,995 km252,274 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Thursday, August 10, 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.