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The Moon on Friday, March 11, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on March 11, 2011Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 March 2011395,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 11, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
395,330 km245,646 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 4, 201120:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 12, 201123:45

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Friday, March 11, 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.