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The Moon on Wednesday, January 16, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1991Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 January 1991400,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 16, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
400,153 km248,644 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 15, 199123:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 23, 199114:22

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Wednesday, January 16, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.