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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 1961: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

New Moon at

10:36UTC

Moon phase on August 11, 1961New Moon

Friday 11 August 1961406,466 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 1961, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
406,466 km252,566 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 3, 196111:47
New Moon (this day)Friday, August 11, 196110:36
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 19, 196110:51

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1961 to the new moon of September 10, 1961, a cycle of 29.68 days.