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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on March 5, 1969Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 5 March 1969383,016 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
383,016 km237,995 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1969 is on Tuesday, March 4, 1969 at 05:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 04:51 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 4, 196905:17
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 11, 196907:44

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1969 to the new moon of March 18, 1969, a cycle of 29.52 days.