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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on August 11, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 August 1976393,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
393,582 km244,560 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1976 is on Monday, August 9, 1976 at 23:44 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 25, 1976 at 11:01 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 9, 197623:44
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 18, 197600:13

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 27, 1976 to the new moon of August 25, 1976, a cycle of 29.39 days.