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The Moon on Wednesday, March 8, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on March 8, 1905Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 March 1905406,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 8, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
406,307 km252,467 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 8, 1905 is on Tuesday, March 21, 1905 at 04:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 1905 at 05:19 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 6, 190505:19
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 14, 190508:59

The Moon around March 8

More about this date

Wednesday, March 8, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1905 to the new moon of April 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.75 days.