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The Moon on Tuesday, March 1, 2011: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on March 1, 2011Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 March 2011399,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
399,189 km248,045 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (after)Friday, March 4, 201120:46

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.