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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on January 27, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 January 2072392,887 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
392,887 km244,129 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 20, 2072 at 06:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 20, 207206:35
First Quarter (after)Thursday, January 28, 207210:36

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.