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The Moon on Monday, June 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on June 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Monday 26 June 1961370,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
370,494 km230,214 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Monday, June 26, 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.