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The Moon on Monday, April 3, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on April 3, 1961Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 April 1961383,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 3, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
383,801 km238,483 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Monday, April 3, 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.