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The Moon on Thursday, August 24, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 24, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 August 1961358,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 24, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
358,814 km222,957 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 24, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 19, 196110:51
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 26, 196103:13

The Moon around August 24

More about this date

Thursday, August 24, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1961 to the new moon of September 10, 1961, a cycle of 29.68 days.