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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 2017: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

29.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 2017Waning Crescent

Friday 27 January 2017391,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.2 dMoon age
391,468 km243,247 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 19, 201722:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, January 28, 201700:07

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 29, 2016 to the new moon of January 28, 2017, a cycle of 29.72 days.