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The Moon on Sunday, November 5, 1961: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on November 5, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 November 1961398,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, November 5, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
398,162 km247,406 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 5, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 31, 196108:59
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 8, 196109:59

The Moon around November 5

More about this date

Sunday, November 5, 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.