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Moon phases August 1961

Last quarter
Thu 03 Aug
11:47 UTC
New moon
Fri 11 Aug
10:36 UTC
First quarter
Sat 19 Aug
10:51 UTC
Full · Sturgeon
Sat 26 Aug
03:13 UTC

In August 1961 the primary moon phases are the Last Quarter on Thursday, August 3 at 11:47 UTC, the New Moon on Friday, August 11 at 10:36 UTC, the First Quarter on Saturday, August 19 at 10:51 UTC and the Full Moon on Saturday, August 26 at 03:13 UTC. The full moon is the Sturgeon Moon.

01 Waning Gibbous, 71% lit 71% 02 Waning Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 03Last Q Last Quarter, 50% lit 50%11:47 04 Waning Crescent, 40% lit 40% 05 Waning Crescent, 30% lit 30% 06 Waning Crescent, 21% lit 21% 07 Waning Crescent, 14% lit 14% 08 Waning Crescent, 8% lit 8% 09 Waning Crescent, 3% lit 3% 10 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 11New New Moon, 0% lit 0%10:36 12 Waxing Crescent, 1% lit 1% 13 Waxing Crescent, 4% lit 4% 14 Waxing Crescent, 8% lit 8% 15 Waxing Crescent, 14% lit 14% 16 Waxing Crescent, 22% lit 22% 17 Waxing Crescent, 31% lit 31% 18 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 19First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%10:51 20 Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit 61% 21 Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit 72% 22 Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit 82% 23 Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit 90% 24 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 25 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 26Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%03:13 27 Waning Gibbous, 97% lit 97% 28 Waning Gibbous, 92% lit 92% 29 Waning Gibbous, 84% lit 84% 30 Waning Gibbous, 75% lit 75% 31 Waning Gibbous, 65% lit 65%

Exact phase times

August 1961 has four primary moon phases: the Last Quarter on August 3, the New Moon on August 11, the First Quarter on August 19 and the Full Moon on August 26.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
Last QuarterThursday, August 3, 196111:47
New MoonFriday, August 11, 196110:36
First QuarterSaturday, August 19, 196110:51
Full MoonSaturday, August 26, 196103:13

Saturday, August 26, 1961: Sturgeon Moon, 357,365 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the yearPartial lunar eclipse

Full moons · 1961

Thirteen full moons, three blue

01 Jan Wolf Micromoon 31 Jan Blue Blue moon 02 Mar Worm partial eclipse 01 Apr Pink 30 Apr Blue Blue moon 30 May Flower 28 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 27 Jul Buck Supermoon 26 Aug Sturgeon partial eclipse 24 Sept Harvest Supermoon 23 Oct Hunter’s 22 Nov Beaver Blue moon 22 Dec Cold