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The Moon on Monday, March 11, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 11, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Monday 11 March 1957368,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 11, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.9% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
368,030 km228,683 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 16, 195702:22

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Monday, March 11, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1957 to the new moon of March 31, 1957, a cycle of 29.71 days.