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The Moon on Sunday, March 13, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 55% lit

Waxing · 55.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on March 13, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 13 March 2011384,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 13, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 55.4% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

55.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
384,639 km239,003 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 12, 201123:45
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 19, 201118:10

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Sunday, March 13, 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.