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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1927: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on January 20, 1927Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 January 1927401,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
401,713 km249,613 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 17, 192722:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 26, 192702:05

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.