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The Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1929: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on March 5, 1929Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 March 1929403,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 5, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
403,219 km250,549 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1929 is on Saturday, February 23, 1929 at 18:59 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 08:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 3, 192911:09
New Moon (after)Monday, March 11, 192908:37

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Tuesday, March 5, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1929 to the new moon of March 11, 1929, a cycle of 29.61 days.