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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1911: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1911Waning Crescent

Friday 18 August 1911369,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1911, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.9% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
369,279 km229,459 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1911 is on Thursday, August 10, 1911 at 02:55 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 17, 191112:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 25, 1911 to the new moon of August 24, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.