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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2053: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on April 17, 2053Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 April 2053375,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
375,337 km233,224 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2053 is on Thursday, April 3, 2053 at 06:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 18, 2053 at 18:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 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.