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The Moon on Saturday, July 22, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 22, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 July 1961382,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 22, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
382,587 km237,728 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 20, 196123:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 27, 196119:50

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Saturday, July 22, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 12, 1961 to the new moon of August 11, 1961, a cycle of 29.64 days.