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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on January 7, 1927Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 January 1927366,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
366,717 km227,867 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 3, 192720:28
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 10, 192714:43

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1927 to the new moon of February 2, 1927, a cycle of 29.52 days.