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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 2011: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

New Moon at

20:46UTC

Moon phase on March 4, 2011New Moon

Friday 4 March 2011405,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 2011, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
405,463 km251,943 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 24, 201123:27
New Moon (this day)Friday, March 4, 201120:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 12, 201123:45

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.