Waxing · 76.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°
Moon age
10.9days
Moon phase on March 5, 2020Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, March 5, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.7% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
76.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
375,842 km233,537 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 5, 2020 is on Monday, March 9, 2020 at 17:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Monday, March 2, 2020 | 19:58 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, March 9, 2020 | 17:48 |
The Moon around March 5
More about this date
Thursday, March 5, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 2020 to the new moon of March 24, 2020, a cycle of 29.75 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2020, or the whole moon calendar 2020.
- The same date one year apart: 2019 · 2021.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.