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The Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 30, 1961Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 30 August 1961375,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 30, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
375,311 km233,207 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1961 is on Saturday, August 26, 1961 at 03:13 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 26, 196103:13
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 1, 196123:05

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Wednesday, August 30, 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.