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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on March 5, 1926Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 March 1926388,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
388,091 km241,149 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 27, 192616:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 7, 192611:49

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1926 to the new moon of March 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.