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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 88.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on January 27, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 January 2016399,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.6% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
399,936 km248,509 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 24, 201601:46
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 1, 201603:28

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.