New moons in 2016
The 13 new moons the U.S. Naval Observatory publishes for 2016, each with its Universal Time date and clock time, the same moment read on a UTC+8 clock, and the Wikidata Chinese New Year date its record carries for comparison.
| Date (UT) | Time (UT) | Date (UTC+8) | Time (UTC+8) | Wikidata Chinese New Year date | Days difference | Comparison note | Source file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-10 | 01:30 | 2016-01-10 | 09:30 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-02-08 | 14:39 | 2016-02-08 | 22:39 | 2016-02-08 | 0 | the China date of this new moon is the Wikidata date | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-03-09 | 01:54 | 2016-03-09 | 09:54 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-04-07 | 11:24 | 2016-04-07 | 19:24 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-05-06 | 19:29 | 2016-05-07 | 03:29 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-06-05 | 03:00 | 2016-06-05 | 11:00 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-07-04 | 11:01 | 2016-07-04 | 19:01 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-08-02 | 20:44 | 2016-08-03 | 04:44 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-09-01 | 09:03 | 2016-09-01 | 17:03 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-10-01 | 00:11 | 2016-10-01 | 08:11 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-10-30 | 17:38 | 2016-10-31 | 01:38 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-11-29 | 12:18 | 2016-11-29 | 20:18 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
| 2016-12-29 | 06:53 | 2016-12-29 | 14:53 | not available | not available | not the nearest new moon to a Wikidata date for this year | usno_phases_2016.json |
computed: the published UTC date and time above, read on a UTC+8 clock (China Standard Time); the USNO API publishes UTC and no China-time field
Source and period
Figures on this page are read from these source records: U.S. Naval Observatory, Astronomical Applications Department - Dates of Primary Phases of the Moon, 2016 (API record; phase times in Universal Time); Wikidata - item Q131772 'Chinese New Year' (structured statements, CC0), for the Chinese New Year dates its statements carry. The period covered is the 2016 calendar year. Records fetched 2026-10-31.