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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 2027: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on January 23, 2027Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 January 2027359,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 2027, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
359,750 km223,538 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2027 is on Friday, January 22, 2027 at 12:17 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 6, 2027 at 15:56 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 22, 202712:17
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 29, 202710:56

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 2027 to the new moon of February 6, 2027, a cycle of 29.81 days.