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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 1961Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 August 1961389,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
389,232 km241,857 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 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.