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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on January 16, 1926Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 January 1926359,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
359,906 km223,635 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 14, 192606:35
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 20, 192622:31

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.