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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 12°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on August 11, 2013Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 August 2013386,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
386,155 km239,946 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2013 is on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 01:45 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 21:51 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 6, 201321:51
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 14, 201310:56

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 6, 2013 to the new moon of September 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.57 days.