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The Moon on Wednesday, January 5, 1916: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 18°

New Moon at

04:45UTC

Moon phase on January 5, 1916New Moon

Wednesday 5 January 1916358,235 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 5, 1916, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
358,235 km222,597 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 5, 1916 at 04:45 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 29, 191512:59
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, January 5, 191604:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 12, 191603:37

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Wednesday, January 5, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1916 to the new moon of February 3, 1916, a cycle of 29.47 days.