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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on October 14, 1961Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 October 1961381,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
381,966 km237,343 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.