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The Moon on Saturday, August 12, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 1961Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 August 1961406,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
406,265 km252,441 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 11, 196110:36
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 19, 196110:51

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Saturday, August 12, 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.