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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on October 16, 2053Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 October 2053399,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
399,471 km248,220 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2053 is on Monday, October 27, 2053 at 10:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 11, 2053 at 20:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 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.