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The Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1961: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Full Moon at

18:41UTC

Moon phase on April 30, 1961Full Moon

Sunday 30 April 1961381,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 30, 1961, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
381,925 km237,317 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 380,812 km from Earth. Blue Moon (monthly)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 22, 196121:49
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, April 30, 196118:41
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Sunday, April 30, 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.