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The Moon on Saturday, March 5, 2005: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on March 5, 2005Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 March 2005367,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 5, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
367,516 km228,364 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 3, 200517:37
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 10, 200509:10

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Saturday, March 5, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.