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The Moon on Monday, March 11, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 11, 1940Waxing Crescent

Monday 11 March 1940404,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 11, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
404,830 km251,550 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1940 is on Saturday, March 23, 1940 at 19:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 9, 194002:23
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 17, 194003:25

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Monday, March 11, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1940 to the new moon of April 7, 1940, a cycle of 29.75 days.