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The Moon on Friday, August 5, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 2011Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 August 2011369,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 5, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
369,020 km229,299 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, July 30, 201118:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 6, 201111:08

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Friday, August 5, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 30, 2011 to the new moon of August 29, 2011, a cycle of 29.35 days.