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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 28, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 April 1961390,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
390,541 km242,671 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.