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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 16, 1918Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 January 1918364,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
364,574 km226,536 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1918 is on Sunday, January 27, 1918 at 03:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 12, 1918 at 22:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 12, 191822:35
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 19, 191814:38

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1918 to the new moon of February 11, 1918, a cycle of 29.48 days.