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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on February 21, 2053Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 February 2053382,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
382,162 km237,465 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 2053 at 16:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 18, 205316:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 25, 205322:09

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 18, 2053 to the new moon of March 20, 2053, a cycle of 29.61 days.