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The Moon on Sunday, July 30, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on July 30, 1961Waning Gibbous

Sunday 30 July 1961361,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 30, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
361,734 km224,771 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Sunday, July 30, 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.