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The Moon on Friday, August 11, 2023: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 2023Waning Crescent

Friday 11 August 2023397,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 11, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
397,719 km247,131 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2023 is on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 18:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 09:38 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 8, 202310:29
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 16, 202309:38

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Friday, August 11, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 2023 to the new moon of August 16, 2023, a cycle of 29.63 days.