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The Moon on Saturday, August 5, 1911: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 1911Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 August 1911405,178 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 5, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,178 km251,766 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1911 is on Thursday, August 10, 1911 at 02:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 25, 1911 at 20:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 1, 191123:29
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 10, 191102:55

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Saturday, August 5, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1911 to the new moon of August 24, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.