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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 18 October 1961368,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
368,735 km229,121 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 17, 196104:35
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 23, 196121:31

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1961 to the new moon of November 8, 1961, a cycle of 29.63 days.