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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 1982Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 August 1982378,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.7% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
378,283 km235,054 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 4, 198222:34
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 12, 198211:09

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1982 to the new moon of August 19, 1982, a cycle of 29.33 days.