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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 1961: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 20, 1961Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 October 1961364,916 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.7% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
364,916 km226,748 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 1961 at 18:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 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.