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The Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on April 23, 2053Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 April 2053367,059 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 23, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,059 km228,080 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 2053 is on Friday, May 2, 2053 at 20:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 18, 2053 at 18:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 18, 205318:48
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 25, 205311:03

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Wednesday, April 23, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 2053 to the new moon of May 18, 2053, a cycle of 29.37 days.