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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1913: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on March 5, 1913Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 March 1913406,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 1913, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
406,220 km252,414 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1913 is on Friday, February 21, 1913 at 02:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 8, 1913 at 00:22 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, February 27, 191321:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 8, 191300:22

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1913 to the new moon of March 8, 1913, a cycle of 29.79 days.