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The Moon on Monday, July 31, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 1961Waning Gibbous

Monday 31 July 1961366,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 31, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
366,050 km227,453 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Monday, July 31, 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.