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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1953: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on January 27, 1953Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 January 1953398,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
398,368 km247,534 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1953 is on Thursday, January 29, 1953 at 23:44 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 15, 1953 at 14:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 22, 195305:43
Full Moon (after)Thursday, January 29, 195323:44

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1953 to the new moon of February 14, 1953, a cycle of 29.46 days.