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The Moon on Monday, January 27, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on January 27, 2020Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 January 2020402,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 27, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
402,556 km250,137 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 24, 202021:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Monday, January 27, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.