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The Moon on Thursday, March 31, 2011: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on March 31, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 March 2011405,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 31, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
405,330 km251,860 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 14:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Thursday, March 31, 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.