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The Moon on Monday, October 30, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 1961Waning Gibbous

Monday 30 October 1961400,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 30, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
400,288 km248,727 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 1961 is on Monday, October 23, 1961 at 21:31 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 8, 1961 at 09:59 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 23, 196121:31
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 31, 196108:59

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Monday, October 30, 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.