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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 29°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 2011Waning Gibbous

Friday 19 August 2011404,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
404,774 km251,515 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 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.