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The Moon on Saturday, April 22, 1961: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

First Quarter at

21:49UTC

Moon phase on April 22, 1961First Quarter

Saturday 22 April 1961403,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 22, 1961, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,621 km250,798 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 15, 196105:38
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 30, 196118:41

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Saturday, April 22, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1961 to the new moon of May 14, 1961, a cycle of 29.47 days.