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The Moon on Sunday, April 23, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 55.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on April 23, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 April 1961404,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 23, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
404,162 km251,135 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 30, 196118:41

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Sunday, April 23, 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.