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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 1962: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 1962Waning Crescent

Monday 5 March 1962357,687 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
357,687 km222,256 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 6, 1962 at 10:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 27, 196215:50
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 6, 196210:31

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.