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The Moon on Sunday, April 2, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 2, 1961Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 April 1961387,182 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 2, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
387,182 km240,583 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 1, 196105:47
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 8, 196110:16

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Sunday, April 2, 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.