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The Moon on Wednesday, March 5, 2081: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on March 5, 2081Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 March 2081402,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 5, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
402,985 km250,403 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 2081 is on Sunday, February 23, 2081 at 14:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 10, 2081 at 15:17 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 2, 208111:06
New Moon (after)Monday, March 10, 208115:17

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Wednesday, March 5, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2081 to the new moon of March 10, 2081, a cycle of 29.79 days.