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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2031: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Last Quarter at

12:47UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 2031Last Quarter

Thursday 16 January 2031377,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 2031, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
377,940 km234,841 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2031 is on Wednesday, January 8, 2031 at 18:26 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 23, 2031 at 04:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 8, 203118:26
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 16, 203112:47
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 23, 203104:31

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2030 to the new moon of January 23, 2031, a cycle of 29.46 days.