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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on January 27, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 January 1942404,636 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.7% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
404,636 km251,429 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1942 is on Sunday, February 1, 1942 at 09:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 16, 1942 at 21:32 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 24, 194206:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 1, 194209:12

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1942 to the new moon of February 15, 1942, a cycle of 29.52 days.