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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1955: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on January 27, 1955Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 January 1955378,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
378,839 km235,400 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 24, 195501:07
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 31, 195505:06

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.