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The Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2001: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Last Quarter at

12:35UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 2001Last Quarter

Tuesday 16 January 2001382,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 16, 2001, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
382,733 km237,819 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2001 is on Tuesday, January 9, 2001 at 20:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 9, 200120:24
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, January 16, 200112:35
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 24, 200113:07

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Tuesday, January 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 25, 2000 to the new moon of January 24, 2001, a cycle of 29.82 days.