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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on January 27, 1944Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 January 1944359,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
359,075 km223,119 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 25, 194415:24
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 1, 194407:08

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1944 to the new moon of February 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.44 days.