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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1938: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1938Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 January 1938405,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
405,572 km252,011 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1938 is on Sunday, January 16, 1938 at 05:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 23, 193808:09
New Moon (after)Monday, January 31, 193813:35

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1938 to the new moon of January 31, 1938, a cycle of 29.78 days.