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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2053: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on March 16, 2053Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 March 2053396,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
396,760 km246,535 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2053 is on Tuesday, March 4, 2053 at 17:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 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.