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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1970: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on January 27, 1970Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 January 1970398,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
398,808 km247,808 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 22, 197012:56
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 30, 197014:39

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1970 to the new moon of February 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.