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The Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2003: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

First Quarter at

07:15UTC

Moon phase on March 11, 2003First Quarter

Tuesday 11 March 2003396,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.1% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
396,982 km246,673 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 3, 200302:35
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, March 11, 200307:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 18, 200310:35

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Tuesday, March 11, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 2003 to the new moon of April 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.70 days.