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The Moon on Thursday, January 11, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on January 11, 1962Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 January 1962368,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 11, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
368,094 km228,723 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 11, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 6, 1962 at 12:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 6, 196212:35
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 13, 196205:01

The Moon around January 11

More about this date

Thursday, January 11, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.