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The Moon on Wednesday, May 24, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on May 24, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 24 May 1961397,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 24, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
397,637 km247,080 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 14, 1961 at 16:54 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 22, 196116:19
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Wednesday, May 24, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.