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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on January 16, 1975Waxing Crescent

Thursday 16 January 1975405,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.5% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
405,940 km252,239 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 12, 1975 at 10:20 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 12, 197510:20
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 20, 197515:15

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1975 to the new moon of February 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.79 days.