Waning · 99.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°
Full Moon at
05:53UTC
Moon phase on January 16, 1938Full Moon
On Sunday, January 16, 1938, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
360,934 km224,274 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Wolf Moon, 360,333 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 1, 1938 at 18:58 UTC, 15 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, January 9, 1938 | 14:13 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, January 16, 1938 | 05:53 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Sunday, January 23, 1938 | 08:09 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Sunday, January 16, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1938 to the new moon of January 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.78 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1938, or the whole moon calendar 1938.
- The same date one year apart: 1937 · 1939.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.