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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on January 27, 1943Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 1943388,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.1% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
388,852 km241,621 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1943 is on Thursday, January 21, 1943 at 10:48 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 21, 194310:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 29, 194308:13

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1943 to the new moon of February 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.45 days.