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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on March 20, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 March 2011357,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
357,063 km221,869 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 201118:10
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 26, 201112:08

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.