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The Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on May 6, 1961Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 May 1961369,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 6, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,564 km229,636 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1961 is on Sunday, April 30, 1961 at 18:41 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 30, 196118:41
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 7, 196115:57

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Saturday, May 6, 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.