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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2053: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on March 15, 2053Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 March 2053400,220 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
400,220 km248,685 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 12, 205310:21
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 20, 205307:11

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.