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The Moon on Saturday, March 25, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on March 25, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 March 1961404,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 25, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
404,101 km251,097 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 25, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 24, 196102:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 1, 196105:47

The Moon around March 25

More about this date

Saturday, March 25, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1961 to the new moon of April 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.45 days.