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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1936: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Last Quarter at

19:41UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 1936Last Quarter

Thursday 16 January 1936403,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1936, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
403,268 km250,579 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1936 is on Wednesday, January 8, 1936 at 18:15 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 1936 at 07:18 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 8, 193618:15
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 16, 193619:41
New Moon (after)Friday, January 24, 193607:18

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 1935 to the new moon of January 24, 1936, a cycle of 29.56 days.