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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on January 16, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 January 1943401,683 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
401,683 km249,594 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 13, 194307:49
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 21, 194310:48

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1943 to the new moon of February 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.45 days.