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The Moon on Monday, August 22, 2011: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 22 August 2011396,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 22, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.4% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
396,618 km246,447 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 21, 201121:55
New Moon (after)Monday, August 29, 201103:04

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Monday, August 22, 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.