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The Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on March 5, 1903Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 March 1903375,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
375,683 km233,439 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1903 is on Friday, March 13, 1903 at 12:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 27, 1903 at 10:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 27, 190310:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, March 6, 190319:14

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Thursday, March 5, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 27, 1903 to the new moon of March 29, 1903, a cycle of 29.63 days.