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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1964: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on January 16, 1964Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 January 1964390,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1964, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
390,529 km242,664 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1964 is on Tuesday, January 28, 1964 at 23:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 14, 1964 at 20:44 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 14, 196420:44
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 22, 196405:29

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1964 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1964 to the new moon of February 13, 1964, a cycle of 29.68 days.