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The Moon on Tuesday, October 10, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

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Moon phase on October 10, 1961Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 10 October 1961395,398 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 10, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
395,398 km245,689 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 9, 196118:53
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 17, 196104:35

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Tuesday, October 10, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1961 to the new moon of November 8, 1961, a cycle of 29.63 days.