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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 August 1940377,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
377,197 km234,379 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1940 is on Saturday, August 17, 1940 at 23:03 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, August 3, 1940 at 20:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 10, 194012:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 17, 194023:03

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 3, 1940 to the new moon of September 2, 1940, a cycle of 29.34 days.