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The Moon on Sunday, August 7, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on August 7, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 7 August 2011374,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 7, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
374,410 km232,647 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 6, 201111:08
Full Moon (after)Saturday, August 13, 201118:58

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Sunday, August 7, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2011 to the new moon of August 29, 2011, a cycle of 29.35 days.