Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, March 11, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on March 11, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 11 March 1971406,214 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 11, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
406,214 km252,410 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 4, 197102:01
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 12, 197102:34

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Thursday, March 11, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1971 to the new moon of March 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.40 days.