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The Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1917: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Last Quarter at

11:42UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 1917Last Quarter

Tuesday 16 January 1917389,270 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 16, 1917, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
389,270 km241,881 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1917 is on Monday, January 8, 1917 at 07:42 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 23, 1917 at 07:40 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 8, 191707:42
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 16, 191711:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 23, 191707:40

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Tuesday, January 16, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1916 to the new moon of January 23, 1917, a cycle of 29.46 days.