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The Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on August 11, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 August 1951370,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 11, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.2% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
370,304 km230,096 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 2, 1951 at 22:39 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 10, 195112:23
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 195102:59

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Saturday, August 11, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.