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The Moon on Monday, January 16, 2023: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on January 16, 2023Waning Crescent

Monday 16 January 2023379,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 16, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.5% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
379,021 km235,513 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2023 is on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 23:08 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 15, 202302:11
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 21, 202320:53

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Monday, January 16, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 23, 2022 to the new moon of January 21, 2023, a cycle of 29.44 days.