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The Moon on Saturday, July 29, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 1961Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 July 1961358,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
358,796 km222,945 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 27, 196119:50
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 3, 196111:47

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Saturday, July 29, 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.