Waning · 20.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°
Moon age
25.4days
Moon phase on January 16, 2015Waning Crescent
On Friday, January 16, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
380,747 km236,585 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 2015 is on Monday, January 5, 2015 at 04:54 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 4 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Tuesday, January 13, 2015 | 09:47 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, January 20, 2015 | 13:14 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Friday, January 16, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 22, 2014 to the new moon of January 20, 2015, a cycle of 29.48 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.