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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on January 23, 2053Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 January 2053390,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
390,415 km242,593 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2053 is on Monday, February 3, 2053 at 04:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 2053 at 23:12 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 19, 205323:12
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 27, 205313:41

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 2053 to the new moon of February 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.72 days.