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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1987: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on January 27, 1987Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 January 1987359,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 1987, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
359,719 km223,519 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1987 is on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at 02:31 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 29, 1987 at 13:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 22, 198722:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, January 29, 198713:45

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 1987 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 31, 1986 to the new moon of January 29, 1987, a cycle of 29.44 days.