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The Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1957: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on January 27, 1957Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 January 1957401,323 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 27, 1957, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
401,323 km249,370 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1957 is on Wednesday, January 16, 1957 at 06:21 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 22, 195721:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 30, 195721:25

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Sunday, January 27, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 1, 1957 to the new moon of January 30, 1957, a cycle of 29.80 days.