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The Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1940: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on March 5, 1940Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 March 1940401,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 5, 1940, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
401,931 km249,748 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 9, 1940 at 02:23 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, March 1, 194002:35
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 9, 194002:23

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Tuesday, March 5, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1940 to the new moon of March 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.78 days.