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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 2011: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on March 27, 2011Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 March 2011392,289 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
392,289 km243,757 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, March 26, 201112:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 3, 201114:33

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.