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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1912: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on August 11, 1912Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 August 1912358,259 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
358,259 km222,612 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 6, 191204:17
New Moon (after)Monday, August 12, 191219:57

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1912 to the new moon of August 12, 1912, a cycle of 29.28 days.