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The Moon on Sunday, July 2, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on July 2, 1961Waning Gibbous

Sunday 2 July 1961364,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 2, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
364,986 km226,792 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Sunday, July 2, 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.