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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on January 27, 1971Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 January 1971361,204 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
361,204 km224,442 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 26, 1971 at 22:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 26, 197122:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 2, 197114:31

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.