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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on January 16, 1902Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 January 1902374,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
374,834 km232,911 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1902 is on Friday, January 24, 1902 at 00:06 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 9, 1902 at 21:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 9, 190221:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 17, 190206:38

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1902 to the new moon of February 8, 1902, a cycle of 29.67 days.