Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, August 12, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 August 2011391,072 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 12, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
391,072 km243,001 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Friday, August 12, 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.