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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1927: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on January 27, 1927Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 January 1927393,725 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
393,725 km244,649 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 26, 192702:05
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 2, 192708:54

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 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.