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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1930Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 January 1930358,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
358,588 km222,816 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1930 is on Tuesday, January 14, 1930 at 22:21 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 29, 1930 at 19:07 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 14, 193022:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 21, 193016:07

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 30, 1929 to the new moon of January 29, 1930, a cycle of 29.81 days.