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The Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2050: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 47.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Last Quarter at

06:18UTC

Moon phase on January 16, 2050Last Quarter

Sunday 16 January 2050391,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 16, 2050, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 47.7% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

47.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
391,418 km243,216 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2050 is on Saturday, January 8, 2050 at 01:39 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 23, 2050 at 04:57 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 8, 205001:39
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, January 16, 205006:18
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 23, 205004:57

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Sunday, January 16, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 2049 to the new moon of January 23, 2050, a cycle of 29.46 days.