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The Moon on Saturday, March 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on March 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 March 2005376,180 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
376,180 km233,747 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2005 is on Friday, March 25, 2005 at 20:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 09:10 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 10, 200509:10
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 17, 200519:19

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Saturday, March 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 10, 2005 to the new moon of April 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.47 days.