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The Moon on Thursday, March 5, 1981: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on March 5, 1981Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 March 1981369,389 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 5, 1981, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
369,389 km229,528 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1981 is on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at 22:58 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 27, 198101:14
New Moon (after)Friday, March 6, 198110:31

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Thursday, March 5, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1981 to the new moon of March 6, 1981, a cycle of 29.51 days.