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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2053: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on March 1, 2053Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 March 2053367,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
367,981 km228,653 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 18, 2053 at 16:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 25, 205322:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 4, 205317:10

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 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.