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The Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 11, 1970Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 March 1970379,318 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 11, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.0% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
379,318 km235,697 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 7, 1970 at 17:43 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 7, 197017:43
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 14, 197021:16

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Wednesday, March 11, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1970 to the new moon of April 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.