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The Moon on Tuesday, June 27, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on June 27, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 June 1961365,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 27, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
365,865 km227,338 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Tuesday, June 27, 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.