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The Moon on Sunday, July 23, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 July 1961376,366 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 23, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
376,366 km233,863 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Sunday, July 23, 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.