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The Moon on Friday, March 11, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on March 11, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Friday 11 March 1949367,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 11, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
367,112 km228,113 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1949 is on Monday, March 14, 1949 at 19:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 27, 1949 at 20:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 8, 194900:42
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 194919:03

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Friday, March 11, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 27, 1949 to the new moon of March 29, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.