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The Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on March 5, 1927Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 March 1927358,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 5, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
358,602 km222,825 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1927 is on Friday, March 18, 1927 at 10:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 3, 1927 at 19:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 3, 192719:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 10, 192711:03

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Saturday, March 5, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1927 to the new moon of April 2, 1927, a cycle of 29.37 days.