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The Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1921: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 1921Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 March 1921405,469 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 5, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
405,469 km251,947 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1921 is on Tuesday, February 22, 1921 at 09:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 1921 at 18:09 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 1, 192114:03
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 9, 192118:09

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Saturday, March 5, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1921 to the new moon of March 9, 1921, a cycle of 29.73 days.