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The Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on March 11, 1997Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 March 1997366,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 11, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
366,583 km227,784 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 1997 is on Monday, March 24, 1997 at 04:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, March 9, 199701:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, March 16, 199700:06

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Tuesday, March 11, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1997 to the new moon of April 7, 1997, a cycle of 29.41 days.