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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 1989: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1989Waning Gibbous

Friday 27 January 1989404,946 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 1989, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
404,946 km251,622 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1989 is on Saturday, January 21, 1989 at 21:34 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 6, 1989 at 07:37 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 21, 198921:34
Last Quarter (after)Monday, January 30, 198902:02

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 1989 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1989 to the new moon of February 6, 1989, a cycle of 29.51 days.