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The Moon on Saturday, August 11, 2001: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 2001Waning Gibbous

Saturday 11 August 2001392,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 11, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
392,593 km243,946 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2001 is on Saturday, August 4, 2001 at 05:56 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 19, 2001 at 02:55 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 4, 200105:56
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 12, 200107:53

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Saturday, August 11, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 2001 to the new moon of August 19, 2001, a cycle of 29.30 days.