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The Moon on Thursday, August 11, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 August 2011387,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 11, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
387,632 km240,863 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Thursday, August 11, 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.