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The Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on August 11, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 11 August 1970381,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
381,551 km237,084 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1970 is on Monday, August 17, 1970 at 03:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 2, 1970 at 05:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 10, 197008:50
Full Moon (after)Monday, August 17, 197003:15

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Tuesday, August 11, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1970 to the new moon of August 31, 1970, a cycle of 29.67 days.