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The Moon on Friday, March 21, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on March 21, 2053Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 March 2053376,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 21, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
376,267 km233,801 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 20, 205307:11
First Quarter (after)Thursday, March 27, 205304:50

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Friday, March 21, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 2053 to the new moon of April 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.48 days.