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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 1942: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

New Moon at

21:32UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 1942New Moon

Friday 16 January 1942364,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 1942, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
364,253 km226,336 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1942 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 10, 194206:05
New Moon (this day)Friday, January 16, 194221:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 24, 194206:36

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1941 to the new moon of January 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.