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The Moon on Wednesday, March 30, 2011: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 30, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 March 2011403,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
403,448 km250,691 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 30, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 30

More about this date

Wednesday, March 30, 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.