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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 2011: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Last Quarter at

12:08UTC

Moon phase on March 26, 2011Last Quarter

Saturday 26 March 2011386,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 2011, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
386,868 km240,389 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, March 19, 201118:10
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, March 26, 201112:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 3, 201114:33

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.