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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 1926404,842 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
404,842 km251,557 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1926 is on Thursday, January 28, 1926 at 21:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 14, 1926 at 06:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 20, 192622:31
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 192621:35

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1926 to the new moon of February 12, 1926, a cycle of 29.45 days.