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The Moon on Saturday, August 13, 2011: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Full Moon at

18:58UTC

Moon phase on August 13, 2011Full Moon

Saturday 13 August 2011394,443 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 13, 2011, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
394,443 km245,095 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 395,393 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, August 6, 201111:08
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, August 13, 201118:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 21, 201121:55

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Saturday, August 13, 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.