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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1912: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

First Quarter at

08:51UTC

Moon phase on January 27, 1912First Quarter

Saturday 27 January 1912379,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1912, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
379,140 km235,587 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1912 is on Friday, February 2, 1912 at 23:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 1912 at 11:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 19, 191211:10
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, January 27, 191208:51
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 2, 191223:58

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1912 to the new moon of February 18, 1912, a cycle of 29.77 days.