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The Moon on Monday, January 27, 1947: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on January 27, 1947Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 January 1947386,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 27, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.5% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
386,549 km240,190 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 22, 194708:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Monday, January 27, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.