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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1988: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on January 27, 1988Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 1988390,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1988, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.3% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
390,377 km242,569 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 05:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 25, 198821:54
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 2, 198820:52

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1988 to the new moon of February 17, 1988, a cycle of 29.44 days.