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The Moon on Friday, March 31, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on March 31, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 31 March 1961394,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 31, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
394,219 km244,956 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Friday, March 31, 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.