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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2053: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on January 16, 2053Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 January 2053406,051 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 2053, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
406,051 km252,308 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2053 is on Saturday, January 4, 2053 at 17:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 19, 2053 at 23:12 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 11, 205318:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 19, 205323:12

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 21, 2052 to the new moon of January 19, 2053, a cycle of 29.79 days.