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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on October 12, 2053Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 October 2053382,806 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
382,806 km237,864 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2053 is on Saturday, September 27, 2053 at 21:50 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 2053 at 20:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 11, 205320:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 19, 205316:54

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2053 to the new moon of November 10, 2053, a cycle of 29.58 days.