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The Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 1961: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on November 7, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 7 November 1961390,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 7, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
390,868 km242,874 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 7, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around November 7

More about this date

Tuesday, November 7, 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.