Crescent Area Calculator

Crescent Area Calculator

Calculate the area and boundary length of the specific crescent shape made by subtracting one semicircle from another.

Last updated: June 2026 | By Patchworkr Team

Semicircle Radii
Crescent Area
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Enter both radii to calculate
Perimeter
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Area % of Large
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Semicircle Areas
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Enter a real number.

Formulas

Area
A = (π/2)(R² - r²)
Perimeter
P = π(R + r)

What this calculator measures

This tool models the common crescent made by subtracting one semicircle from another semicircle of larger radius.

The copy now matches the implementation exactly, so the area and perimeter formulas are describing the same shape the code computes.

Example

With R = 10 and r = 6, the area is 100.530965 and the perimeter is 50.265482.

The crescent occupies 64% of the larger semicircle’s area.

Notes

Both radii must be positive and the larger radius must be strictly greater than the smaller radius.

Invalid input is rejected before calculation, so the tool cannot silently produce impossible negative geometry.

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