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The Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on March 29, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 March 1961400,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
400,536 km248,882 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Wednesday, March 29, 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.