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The Moon on Monday, August 15, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on August 15, 2011Waning Gibbous

Monday 15 August 2011400,481 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 15, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
400,481 km248,847 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 13, 201118:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 21, 201121:55

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Monday, August 15, 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.