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The Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on March 11, 1947Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 11 March 1947393,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 11, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
393,533 km244,530 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 22, 1947 at 16:34 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 194703:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 194718:28

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Tuesday, March 11, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.