Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°
Moon age
4.6days
Moon phase on March 9, 2011Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, March 9, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
402,569 km250,145 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 9, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, March 4, 2011 | 20:46 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, March 12, 2011 | 23:45 |
The Moon around March 9
More about this date
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 2011 to the new moon of April 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.74 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
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