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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

19.1days

Moon phase on August 11, 2017Waning Gibbous

Friday 11 August 2017382,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 19.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.1 dMoon age
382,117 km237,436 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2017 is on Monday, August 7, 2017 at 18:11 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 18:30 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 7, 201718:11
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 15, 201701:15

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 23, 2017 to the new moon of August 21, 2017, a cycle of 29.36 days.