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The Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on January 27, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 January 1991362,520 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 27, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,520 km225,259 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 15, 1991 at 23:50 UTC, 12 days earlier.

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Sunday, January 27, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.