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The Moon on Saturday, August 19, 1961: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

First Quarter at

10:51UTC

Moon phase on August 19, 1961First Quarter

Saturday 19 August 1961383,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 19, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
383,785 km238,473 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 11, 196110:36
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, August 19, 196110:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 26, 196103:13

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Saturday, August 19, 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.