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The Moon on Saturday, April 29, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on April 29, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 April 1961386,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
386,156 km239,946 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 15, 1961 at 05:38 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Saturday, April 29, 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.