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The Moon on Saturday, July 11, 1981: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 11, 1981Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 July 1981404,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 11, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
404,789 km251,524 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1981 is on Friday, July 17, 1981 at 04:39 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 1, 1981 at 19:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 9, 198102:40
Full Moon (after)Friday, July 17, 198104:39

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Saturday, July 11, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 1, 1981 to the new moon of July 31, 1981, a cycle of 29.37 days.