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The Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2024: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on January 27, 2024Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 January 2024404,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
404,361 km251,259 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 22:59 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 25, 202417:54
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 2, 202423:18

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Saturday, January 27, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.