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The Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 1981: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on March 11, 1981Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 11 March 1981368,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 11, 1981, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
368,260 km228,826 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 6, 198110:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 13, 198101:51

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Wednesday, March 11, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1981 to the new moon of April 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.41 days.