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The Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on March 5, 1912Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 March 1912374,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
374,712 km232,835 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1912 is on Sunday, March 3, 1912 at 10:42 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 18, 1912 at 22:09 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, March 3, 191210:42
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 10, 191219:55

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Tuesday, March 5, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 1912 to the new moon of March 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.68 days.