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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2022: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 2022Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 January 2022367,387 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,387 km228,283 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2022 is on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 23:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 25, 202213:41
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 1, 202205:46

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2022 to the new moon of February 1, 2022, a cycle of 29.47 days.