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The Moon on Tuesday, March 5, 1957: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 5, 1957Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 March 1957395,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 5, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
395,827 km245,955 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, March 1, 195716:13
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Tuesday, March 5, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1957 to the new moon of March 31, 1957, a cycle of 29.71 days.