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The Moon on Friday, January 21, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on January 21, 1916Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 January 1916399,886 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 21, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
399,886 km248,477 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 20, 191608:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 28, 191600:35

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Friday, January 21, 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.