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The Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on August 29, 1911Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 August 1911395,545 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 29, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.6% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
395,545 km245,780 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1911 is on Friday, September 8, 1911 at 15:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 24, 1911 at 04:14 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 24, 191104:14
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 31, 191116:21

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Tuesday, August 29, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 24, 1911 to the new moon of September 22, 1911, a cycle of 29.43 days.