New moon dates 1961
- 1961: 12 × new moon — 17 January 1961, 15 February 1961, 16 March 1961, 15 April 1961, 14 May 1961, 13 June 1961, 12 July 1961, 11 August 1961, 10 September 1961, 9 October 1961, 8 November 1961, 8 December 1961.
New moon dates 1961
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Tue 17 Jan | 21:29 | passed |
| Wed 15 Feb | 08:09 | passed |
| Thu 16 Mar | 18:49 | passed |
| Sat 15 Apr | 05:36 | passed |
| Sun 14 May | 16:53 | passed |
| Tue 13 Jun | 05:15 | passed |
| Wed 12 Jul | 19:10 | passed |
| Fri 11 Aug | 10:35 | passed |
| Sun 10 Sep | 02:48 | passed |
| Mon 9 Oct | 18:51 | passed |
| Wed 8 Nov | 09:57 | passed |
| Fri 8 Dec | 23:51 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.