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The Moon on Tuesday, August 11, 2026: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on August 11, 2026Waning Crescent

Tuesday 11 August 2026364,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
364,030 km226,198 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 2026 is on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 at 14:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 17:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 6, 202602:21
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 12, 202617:37

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 2026 to the new moon of August 12, 2026, a cycle of 29.33 days.