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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on January 27, 1962Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 January 1962401,069 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,069 km249,213 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1962 is on Saturday, January 20, 1962 at 18:17 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 20, 196218:17
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 6, 1962 to the new moon of February 5, 1962, a cycle of 29.48 days.