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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1961: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 8, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 October 1961401,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
401,020 km249,182 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.