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The Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on January 16, 1944Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 January 1944402,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.4% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
402,600 km250,164 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1944 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 10, 194410:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 18, 194415:32

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Sunday, January 16, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 1943 to the new moon of January 25, 1944, a cycle of 29.48 days.