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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1984: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1984Waning Crescent

Friday 27 January 1984388,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
388,144 km241,181 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 25, 198404:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 1, 198423:47

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.