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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1927: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Last Quarter at

02:05UTC

Moon phase on January 26, 1927Last Quarter

Wednesday 26 January 1927398,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1927, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
398,305 km247,495 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 17, 192722:27
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, January 26, 192702:05
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 2, 192708:54

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 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.