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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1909: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on January 16, 1909Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 January 1909391,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.2% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
391,156 km243,053 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1909 is on Wednesday, January 6, 1909 at 14:13 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1909 at 00:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 14, 190918:11
New Moon (after)Friday, January 22, 190900:12

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 1908 to the new moon of January 22, 1909, a cycle of 29.52 days.