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The Moon on Thursday, August 3, 1961: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Last Quarter at

11:47UTC

Moon phase on August 3, 1961Last Quarter

Thursday 3 August 1961382,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 3, 1961, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
382,691 km237,793 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 3, 1961 is on Thursday, July 27, 1961 at 19:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, July 27, 196119:50
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, August 3, 196111:47
New Moon (after)Friday, August 11, 196110:36

The Moon around August 3

More about this date

Thursday, August 3, 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.