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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2053: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on April 16, 2053Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 April 2053380,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
380,359 km236,344 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 18, 2053 at 18:48 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 11, 205306:04
New Moon (after)Friday, April 18, 205318:48

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 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.