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The Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on January 27, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 27 January 2056397,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 27, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
397,152 km246,779 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2056 is on Tuesday, February 1, 2056 at 12:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 16, 2056 at 22:11 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 24, 205620:21
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 1, 205612:36

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Thursday, January 27, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 2056 to the new moon of February 15, 2056, a cycle of 29.66 days.