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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on March 5, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 March 1971390,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
390,749 km242,800 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1971 is on Friday, March 12, 1971 at 02:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 25, 1971 at 09:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 4, 197102:01
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 12, 197102:34

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1971 to the new moon of March 26, 1971, a cycle of 29.40 days.