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The Moon on Monday, January 16, 1928: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on January 16, 1928Waning Crescent

Monday 16 January 1928404,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 16, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
404,086 km251,088 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1928 is on Saturday, January 7, 1928 at 06:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 14, 192821:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 22, 192820:19

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Monday, January 16, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1927 to the new moon of January 22, 1928, a cycle of 29.67 days.