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The Moon on Saturday, March 22, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on March 22, 2053Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 March 2053373,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 22, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
373,479 km232,069 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 22, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 22

More about this date

Saturday, March 22, 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.