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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1916Waning Gibbous

Thursday 27 January 1916378,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.9% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
378,078 km234,927 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1916 is on Thursday, January 20, 1916 at 08:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 1916 at 16:05 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 20, 191608:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 28, 191600:35

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 5, 1916 to the new moon of February 3, 1916, a cycle of 29.47 days.