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The Moon on Friday, March 5, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on March 5, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 March 1993364,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 5, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
364,155 km226,275 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, March 1, 199315:47
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 8, 199309:46

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Friday, March 5, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1993 to the new moon of March 23, 1993, a cycle of 29.76 days.