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The Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2053: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on October 5, 2053Waning Crescent

Sunday 5 October 2053369,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 5, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
369,806 km229,787 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2053 is on Saturday, September 27, 2053 at 21:50 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 2053 at 20:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 4, 205323:01
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 11, 205320:54

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Sunday, October 5, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 2053 to the new moon of October 11, 2053, a cycle of 29.47 days.