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The Moon on Friday, August 25, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on August 25, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 25 August 1961357,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 25, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
357,319 km222,028 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 11, 1961 at 10:36 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Friday, August 25, 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.