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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 07°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on March 5, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 March 1917405,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,906 km252,218 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1917 is on Thursday, March 8, 1917 at 21:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 21, 1917 at 18:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 28, 191716:44
Full Moon (after)Thursday, March 8, 191721:58

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1917 to the new moon of March 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.