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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 1961Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 October 1961378,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
378,451 km235,159 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 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.