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The Moon on Sunday, February 23, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on February 23, 2053Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 February 2053376,388 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 23, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
376,388 km233,876 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 2053 at 16:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Sunday, February 23, 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.