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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1943: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 1943Waning Crescent

Friday 5 March 1943364,108 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
364,108 km226,246 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 6, 1943 at 10:34 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 27, 194318:23
New Moon (after)Saturday, March 6, 194310:34

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.