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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on August 11, 1971Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 August 1971366,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
366,744 km227,884 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1971 is on Friday, August 6, 1971 at 19:42 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 20, 1971 at 22:54 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 6, 197119:42
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 13, 197110:55

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 22, 1971 to the new moon of August 20, 1971, a cycle of 29.57 days.