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The Moon on Monday, September 11, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on September 11, 1961Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 September 1961401,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
401,745 km249,633 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 10, 196102:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, September 17, 196120:23

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Monday, September 11, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1961 to the new moon of October 9, 1961, a cycle of 29.67 days.