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The Moon on Sunday, June 25, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on June 25, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 June 1961376,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 25, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
376,012 km233,643 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 25, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 25

More about this date

Sunday, June 25, 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.