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The Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on February 1, 1961Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 February 1961405,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 1, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
405,130 km251,736 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 31, 196118:47
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 8, 196116:49

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Wednesday, February 1, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1961 to the new moon of February 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.