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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1960: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Full Moon at

05:42UTC

Moon phase on May 11, 1960Full Moon

Wednesday 11 May 1960361,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1960, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
361,726 km224,766 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 362,336 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1960 is on Wednesday, May 11, 1960 at 05:42 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 4, 196001:01
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, May 11, 196005:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 17, 196019:54

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 25, 1960 to the new moon of May 25, 1960, a cycle of 29.61 days.