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The Moon on Friday, September 1, 1961: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Last Quarter at

23:05UTC

Moon phase on September 1, 1961Last Quarter

Friday 1 September 1961387,542 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 1, 1961, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.9% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
387,542 km240,807 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 1, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 26, 196103:13
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, September 1, 196123:05
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 10, 196102:50

The Moon around September 1

More about this date

Friday, September 1, 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.