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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1978Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 January 1978393,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
393,437 km244,471 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 24, 197807:56
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, January 31, 197823:51

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1978 to the new moon of February 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.45 days.