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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on March 5, 1941Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 March 1941401,307 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
401,307 km249,361 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1941 is on Thursday, March 13, 1941 at 11:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 26, 1941 at 03:02 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 26, 194103:02
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 6, 194107:43

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 1941 to the new moon of March 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.