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A MONTH OF WAXING AND WANING LIGHT

January 1961 Moon phase calendar

Major phase dates and times are in UTC. Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC on each date, the same moment as each day’s Moon page.

Major phase times

Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon

Which time zone does this calendar use?

Each major phase happens at the same instant worldwide. The dates and times here are in UTC, so where you are the date can be a day earlier or later. The Full Moon calendar gives full Moon names and times in US Eastern Time.

Daily phase and illumination are for 03:00 UTC, the same moment as each day’s Moon page. For moonrise and moonset where you are, see Moonrise and moonset tonight.

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Daily Moon phase

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Daily Moon phase and illumination for January 1961, at 03:00 UTC each day
DateMoonPhaseIllumination
Jan 1Full Moon99%
Jan 2Full Moon100%
Jan 3Waning Gibbous99%
Jan 4Waning Gibbous96%
Jan 5Waning Gibbous91%
Jan 6Waning Gibbous85%
Jan 7Waning Gibbous78%
Jan 8Waning Gibbous69%
Jan 9Waning Gibbous60%
Jan 10Last Quarter50%
Jan 11Waning Crescent40%
Jan 12Waning Crescent29%
Jan 13Waning Crescent20%
Jan 14Waning Crescent11%
Jan 15Waning Crescent5%
Jan 16Waning Crescent1%
Jan 17New Moon0%
Jan 18Waxing Crescent2%
Jan 19Waxing Crescent8%
Jan 20Waxing Crescent15%
Jan 21Waxing Crescent24%
Jan 22Waxing Crescent34%
Jan 23Waxing Crescent45%
Jan 24Waxing Gibbous55%
Jan 25Waxing Gibbous65%
Jan 26Waxing Gibbous74%
Jan 27Waxing Gibbous82%
Jan 28Waxing Gibbous89%
Jan 29Waxing Gibbous94%
Jan 30Waxing Gibbous98%
Jan 31Full Moon100%
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