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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 10, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 10 August 2011384,199 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
384,199 km238,730 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.