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The Moon on Tuesday, December 16, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on December 16, 2053Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 December 2053402,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 16, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
402,344 km250,005 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 2053 is on Thursday, December 25, 2053 at 09:23 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 10, 2053 at 03:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Tuesday, December 16, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 10, 2053 to the new moon of January 8, 2054, a cycle of 29.79 days.