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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1990: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1990Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 January 1990379,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 1990, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
379,608 km235,877 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 26, 1990 at 19:20 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 26, 199019:20
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 2, 199018:33

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1990 to the new moon of February 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.57 days.