Daily lunar detail

September 1961 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Last Quarter and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

Last QuarterSeptember 1, 1961 at 11:05 PM UTC
New MoonSeptember 10, 1961 at 2:50 AM UTC
First QuarterSeptember 17, 1961 at 8:23 PM UTC
Full MoonSeptember 24, 1961 at 11:33 AM UTC

The lunar story of September 1961

New Moon occurs September 10, 1961. Full Moon occurs September 24, 1961. The first major event is Last Quarter on September 1, 1961, and the month progresses from 55% to 61% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.