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The Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 16, 1945Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 January 1945367,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 16, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
367,930 km228,621 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1945 is on Sunday, January 28, 1945 at 06:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 14, 1945 at 05:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 14, 194505:07
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 20, 194523:48

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Tuesday, January 16, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1945 to the new moon of February 12, 1945, a cycle of 29.52 days.