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The Moon on Monday, January 27, 1986: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on January 27, 1986Waning Gibbous

Monday 27 January 1986384,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 27, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
384,536 km238,939 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 26, 198600:31
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Monday, January 27, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 1986 to the new moon of February 9, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.