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The Moon on Friday, January 27, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on January 27, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 January 2040404,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 27, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
404,897 km251,591 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 14, 2040 at 03:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 21, 204002:21
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 29, 204007:55

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Friday, January 27, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2040 to the new moon of February 12, 2040, a cycle of 29.46 days.