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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2053: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

First Quarter at

04:50UTC

Moon phase on March 27, 2053First Quarter

Thursday 27 March 2053370,346 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 2053, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
370,346 km230,122 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 20, 2053 at 07:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 20, 205307:11
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 27, 205304:50
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 3, 205306:23

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 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.