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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 16, 2010Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 January 2010406,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
406,311 km252,470 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 15, 201007:12
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 23, 201010:54

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.