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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 1961: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 1961Waning Crescent

Friday 6 October 1961404,678 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
404,678 km251,455 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 1, 196114:10
New Moon (after)Monday, October 9, 196118:53

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 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.