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The Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2009: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 2009Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 January 2009399,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
399,210 km248,058 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 26, 200907:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 2, 200923:13

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.