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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 11 August 1946394,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
394,948 km245,409 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1946 is on Monday, August 12, 1946 at 22:26 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 28, 1946 at 11:54 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, August 4, 194620:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 12, 194622:26

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1946 to the new moon of August 26, 1946, a cycle of 29.38 days.