Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on January 16, 2005Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, January 16, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
383,496 km238,293 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 12:03 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Monday, January 10, 2005 | 12:03 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, January 17, 2005 | 06:58 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Sunday, January 16, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2005, or the whole moon calendar 2005.
- The same date one year apart: 2004 · 2006.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.