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The Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 1961: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Last Quarter at

08:59UTC

Moon phase on October 31, 1961Last Quarter

Tuesday 31 October 1961402,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 31, 1961, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.9% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
402,914 km250,359 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 23, 196121:31
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 31, 196108:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 8, 196109:59

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Tuesday, October 31, 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.