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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1928Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 January 1928371,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
371,233 km230,673 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 22, 192820:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 29, 192819:26

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.