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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1960: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 January 1960362,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
362,767 km225,413 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1960 is on Wednesday, January 13, 1960 at 23:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 28, 1960 at 06:15 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 21, 196015:01
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 28, 196006:15

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1959 to the new moon of January 28, 1960, a cycle of 29.46 days.