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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 2010364,403 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
364,403 km226,430 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 15, 2010 at 07:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 23, 201010:54
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 30, 201006:18

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.