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The Moon on Friday, September 29, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on September 29, 1961Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 September 1961386,558 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 29, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
386,558 km240,196 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 24, 196111:33
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 1, 196114:10

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Friday, September 29, 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.