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The Moon on Wednesday, January 12, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on January 12, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 January 1927376,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 12, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.6% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
376,668 km234,051 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 10, 192714:43
Full Moon (after)Monday, January 17, 192722:27

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Wednesday, January 12, 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.