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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1932: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1932Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 January 1932403,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
403,456 km250,696 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1932 is on Saturday, January 23, 1932 at 13:44 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 7, 1932 at 23:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 15, 193220:55
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 23, 193213:44

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1932 to the new moon of February 6, 1932, a cycle of 29.64 days.