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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1927: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on January 29, 1927Waning Crescent

Saturday 29 January 1927382,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
382,397 km237,610 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.