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The Moon on Friday, September 22, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on September 22, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 September 1961360,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 22, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
360,123 km223,770 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 10, 1961 at 02:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Friday, September 22, 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.