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The Moon on Saturday, August 11, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 August 1962383,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 11, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
383,771 km238,464 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1962 is on Wednesday, August 15, 1962 at 20:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 31, 1962 at 12:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 8, 196215:55
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 15, 196220:09

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Saturday, August 11, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 31, 1962 to the new moon of August 30, 1962, a cycle of 29.61 days.