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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 81.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 January 1951382,935 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
382,935 km237,945 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 23, 195104:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1951 to the new moon of February 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.49 days.