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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1961Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 October 1961388,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
388,876 km241,637 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 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.