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The Moon on Monday, March 5, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on March 5, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 March 2001366,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 5, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.1% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
366,085 km227,474 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2001 is on Friday, March 9, 2001 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 08:21 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 3, 200102:03
Full Moon (after)Friday, March 9, 200117:23

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Monday, March 5, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2001 to the new moon of March 25, 2001, a cycle of 29.71 days.