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The Moon on Wednesday, August 11, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on August 11, 1926Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 August 1926406,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 11, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
406,126 km252,355 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1926 is on Monday, August 23, 1926 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 8, 1926 at 13:49 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 8, 192613:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 16, 192616:39

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Wednesday, August 11, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1926 to the new moon of September 7, 1926, a cycle of 29.66 days.