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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 1976Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 March 1976405,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
405,179 km251,766 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1976 is on Tuesday, March 16, 1976 at 02:53 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 29, 1976 at 23:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 29, 197623:25
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 9, 197604:38

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 29, 1976 to the new moon of March 30, 1976, a cycle of 29.74 days.