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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

3.2days

Moon phase on March 23, 2053Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 March 2053371,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.2 dMoon age
371,479 km230,826 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 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.