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The Moon on Thursday, March 17, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on March 17, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 March 2011361,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
361,645 km224,716 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Thursday, March 17, 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.