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The Moon on Friday, January 28, 1927: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on January 28, 1927Waning Crescent

Friday 28 January 1927388,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 28, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.0% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
388,305 km241,281 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Friday, January 28, 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.