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The Moon on Saturday, September 30, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 30, 1961Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 September 1961392,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 30, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
392,174 km243,686 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 30, 1961 is on Sunday, September 24, 1961 at 11:33 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around September 30

More about this date

Saturday, September 30, 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.