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The Moon on Monday, March 21, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on March 21, 2011Waning Gibbous

Monday 21 March 2011359,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 21, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.2% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
359,416 km223,331 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Monday, March 21, 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.