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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1968: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1968Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 January 1968371,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
371,722 km230,977 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1968 is on Monday, January 15, 1968 at 16:11 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, January 22, 196819:38
New Moon (after)Monday, January 29, 196816:29

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 1967 to the new moon of January 29, 1968, a cycle of 29.54 days.