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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1901: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1901Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 January 1901394,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
394,380 km245,056 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1901 is on Saturday, January 5, 1901 at 00:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 20, 1901 at 14:36 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 12, 190120:38
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 20, 190114:36

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 1900 to the new moon of January 20, 1901, a cycle of 29.61 days.