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The Moon on Tuesday, March 11, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 11, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 March 2008366,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
366,477 km227,718 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2008 is on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 18:40 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 17:14 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 7, 200817:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 200810:46

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 2008 to the new moon of April 6, 2008, a cycle of 29.45 days.