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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on March 5, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 March 1906394,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
394,397 km245,067 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1906 is on Saturday, March 10, 1906 at 20:17 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 1906 at 07:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 3, 190609:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, March 10, 190620:17

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1906 to the new moon of March 24, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.