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The Moon on Monday, January 31, 1927: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on January 31, 1927Waning Crescent

Monday 31 January 1927370,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 31, 1927, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
370,918 km230,478 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1927 is on Monday, January 17, 1927 at 22:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Monday, January 31, 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.