Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on August 11, 2024Waxing Crescent

Sunday 11 August 2024401,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.2% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
401,918 km249,740 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2024 is on Monday, August 19, 2024 at 18:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at 11:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, August 4, 202411:13
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 12, 202415:19

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 4, 2024 to the new moon of September 3, 2024, a cycle of 29.61 days.