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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1948: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 1948Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 January 1948357,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
357,523 km222,154 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1948 is on Monday, January 26, 1948 at 07:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 10, 1948 at 03:02 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 194807:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 2, 194800:32

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 1948 to the new moon of February 10, 1948, a cycle of 29.80 days.