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The Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on January 15, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 January 1927385,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 15, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
385,954 km239,821 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 3, 1927 at 20:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Saturday, January 15, 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.