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The Moon on Wednesday, March 2, 2011: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on March 2, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 March 2011401,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 2, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
401,887 km249,721 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Wednesday, March 2, 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.