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The Moon on Wednesday, July 26, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on July 26, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 July 1961360,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 26, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
360,825 km224,206 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 26, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 26

More about this date

Wednesday, July 26, 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.