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The Moon on Sunday, March 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on March 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 March 1961404,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,834 km251,552 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Sunday, March 26, 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.