Waxing · 44.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°
First Quarter at
23:26UTC
Moon phase on January 16, 2016First Quarter
On Saturday, January 16, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 44.7% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
44.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
370,165 km230,010 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 16, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 01:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, January 10, 2016 | 01:31 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, January 16, 2016 | 23:26 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, January 24, 2016 | 01:46 |
The Moon around January 16
More about this date
Saturday, January 16, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.