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The Moon on Tuesday, March 15, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on March 15, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 March 2011372,278 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
372,278 km231,323 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Tuesday, March 15, 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.