Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1954: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on January 16, 1954Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 January 1954378,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
378,354 km235,099 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1954 is on Tuesday, January 19, 1954 at 02:37 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 5, 1954 at 02:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 12, 195400:22
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, January 19, 195402:37

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1954 to the new moon of February 3, 1954, a cycle of 29.57 days.