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The Moon on Monday, January 27, 1969: Waxing Gibbous, 70% lit

Waxing · 70.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1969Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 January 1969404,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 27, 1969, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.1% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
404,134 km251,117 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 18, 1969 at 04:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 25, 196908:23
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Monday, January 27, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.