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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 October 1961392,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
392,206 km243,706 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.