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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1902: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on March 5, 1902Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 March 1902396,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.4% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
396,083 km246,114 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1902 is on Saturday, February 22, 1902 at 13:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 1902 at 02:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 2, 190210:40
New Moon (after)Monday, March 10, 190202:50

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1902 to the new moon of March 10, 1902, a cycle of 29.56 days.