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The Moon on Sunday, March 5, 2017: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

First Quarter at

11:32UTC

Moon phase on March 5, 2017First Quarter

Sunday 5 March 2017370,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 5, 2017, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,482 km230,207 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2017 is on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 14:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 26, 201714:59
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 5, 201711:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, March 12, 201714:54

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Sunday, March 5, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 26, 2017 to the new moon of March 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.50 days.