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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on January 27, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 1999369,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
369,378 km229,521 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 17, 1999 at 15:46 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 24, 199919:15
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.