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The Moon on Tuesday, March 7, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on March 7, 1961Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 7 March 1961384,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 7, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
384,859 km239,140 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 2, 196113:35
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 10, 196102:57

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Tuesday, March 7, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.