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The Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on March 5, 1995Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 March 1995398,537 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 5, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.1% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
398,537 km247,639 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1995 is on Friday, March 17, 1995 at 01:26 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 1, 1995 at 11:48 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 1, 199511:48
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 9, 199510:14

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Sunday, March 5, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1995 to the new moon of March 31, 1995, a cycle of 29.60 days.