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The Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1914: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

First Quarter at

05:03UTC

Moon phase on March 5, 1914First Quarter

Thursday 5 March 1914392,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 5, 1914, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
392,305 km243,767 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1914 is on Thursday, March 12, 1914 at 04:18 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 1914 at 00:02 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 25, 191400:02
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 5, 191405:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 12, 191404:18

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Thursday, March 5, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1914 to the new moon of March 26, 1914, a cycle of 29.75 days.