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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1979: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1979Waning Crescent

Saturday 27 January 1979357,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1979, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,566 km222,181 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1979 is on Saturday, January 13, 1979 at 07:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 28, 1979 at 06:20 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 21, 197911:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, January 28, 197906:20

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1979 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 1978 to the new moon of January 28, 1979, a cycle of 29.45 days.