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The Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2011: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on August 25, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 25 August 2011380,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 25, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
380,230 km236,264 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 2011 is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 18:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 03:04 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Thursday, August 25, 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.