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The Moon on Wednesday, January 4, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 1961Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 January 1961405,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 4, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
405,998 km252,276 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1961 is on Sunday, January 1, 1961 at 23:06 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 16, 1961 at 21:30 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 1, 196123:06
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 10, 196103:02

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Wednesday, January 4, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1960 to the new moon of January 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.