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The Moon on Monday, July 24, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on July 24, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Monday 24 July 1961370,329 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 24, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
370,329 km230,111 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Monday, July 24, 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.