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The Moon on Monday, May 29, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

14.8days

Moon phase on May 29, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Monday 29 May 1961373,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
373,238 km231,919 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Monday, May 29, 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.