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The Moon on Monday, September 18, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 18, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 September 1961374,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.3% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
374,238 km232,541 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, September 17, 196120:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, September 24, 196111:33

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Monday, September 18, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1961 to the new moon of October 9, 1961, a cycle of 29.67 days.