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The Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 20, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 September 1961365,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 20, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
365,280 km226,974 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Wednesday, September 20, 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.