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The Moon on Thursday, July 27, 1961: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Full Moon at

19:50UTC

Moon phase on July 27, 1961Full Moon

Thursday 27 July 1961358,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 27, 1961, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
358,275 km222,622 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 357,838 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 20, 196123:13
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, July 27, 196119:50
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 3, 196111:47

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Thursday, July 27, 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.