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The Moon on Thursday, November 9, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on November 9, 1961Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 November 1961383,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
383,456 km238,269 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1961 is on Wednesday, November 22, 1961 at 09:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Thursday, November 9, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1961 to the new moon of December 7, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.