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The Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on June 24, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 June 1961381,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 24, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
381,948 km237,331 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 21, 196109:01
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 28, 196112:38

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Saturday, June 24, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1961 to the new moon of July 12, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.