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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 62.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 January 1950402,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.3% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
402,585 km250,155 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1950 is on Thursday, February 2, 1950 at 22:16 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 18, 1950 at 08:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 26, 195004:40
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 2, 195022:16

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1950 to the new moon of February 16, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.