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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on March 5, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 March 1928391,848 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
391,848 km243,483 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1928 is on Tuesday, March 6, 1928 at 11:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 1928 at 09:41 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 28, 192803:21
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 6, 192811:27

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1928 to the new moon of March 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.45 days.