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The Moon on Saturday, March 11, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on March 11, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 March 2017384,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 11, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
384,803 km239,105 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, March 5, 201711:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 12, 201714:54

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Saturday, March 11, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 2017 to the new moon of March 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.50 days.