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The Moon on Friday, January 16, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 08°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on January 16, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 January 1953360,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
360,192 km223,813 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 15, 195314:08
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 22, 195305:43

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Friday, January 16, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1953 to the new moon of February 14, 1953, a cycle of 29.46 days.