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The Moon on Thursday, June 29, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on June 29, 1961Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 June 1961360,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
360,770 km224,172 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 28, 196112:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 5, 196103:32

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Thursday, June 29, 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.