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The Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on April 4, 1961Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 April 1961380,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 4, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
380,632 km236,513 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1961 is on Saturday, April 1, 1961 at 05:47 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Tuesday, April 4, 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.