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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on January 16, 1941Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 January 1941372,479 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.0% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
372,479 km231,448 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1941 is on Monday, January 13, 1941 at 11:04 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 13, 194111:04
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 20, 194110:02

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 28, 1940 to the new moon of January 27, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.