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The Moon on Saturday, March 11, 1961: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 34.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on March 11, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 March 1961369,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 11, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
369,093 km229,343 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1961 is on Thursday, March 2, 1961 at 13:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 16, 1961 at 18:51 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 10, 196102:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 16, 196118:51

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Saturday, March 11, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1961 to the new moon of March 16, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.