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The Moon on Thursday, May 11, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on May 11, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 May 1916394,721 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 11, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
394,721 km245,268 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 191608:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 17, 191614:11

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Thursday, May 11, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.