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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2011: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 27, 2011Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 January 2011377,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
377,671 km234,674 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 26, 201112:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 3, 201102:31

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.