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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on March 5, 1965Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 March 1965388,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
388,128 km241,171 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1965 is on Wednesday, March 17, 1965 at 11:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 3, 1965 at 09:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 3, 196509:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 10, 196517:52

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 1965 to the new moon of April 2, 1965, a cycle of 29.60 days.