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The Moon on Wednesday, April 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on April 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 April 1961398,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
398,516 km247,626 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Wednesday, April 26, 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.