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The Moon on Wednesday, July 5, 1961: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Last Quarter at

03:32UTC

Moon phase on July 5, 1961Last Quarter

Wednesday 5 July 1961377,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 5, 1961, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
377,897 km234,814 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 28, 196112:38
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, July 5, 196103:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 12, 196119:11

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Wednesday, July 5, 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.