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The Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1994Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 January 1994399,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 16, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
399,819 km248,436 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1994 is on Thursday, January 27, 1994 at 13:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 11, 1994 at 23:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 11, 199423:11
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 19, 199420:27

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Sunday, January 16, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1994 to the new moon of February 10, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.