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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1982Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 January 1982389,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
389,382 km241,951 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 25, 198204:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 1, 198214:28

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1982 to the new moon of February 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.68 days.