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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2025: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 2025Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 March 2025370,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
370,154 km230,003 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2025 is on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 06:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 28, 2025 at 00:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 28, 202500:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 6, 202516:32

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 28, 2025 to the new moon of March 29, 2025, a cycle of 29.43 days.