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The Moon on Monday, March 27, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on March 27, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 March 1961404,381 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
404,381 km251,271 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Monday, March 27, 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.