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HoroscopeView » Moon Phase 27 January 2023 – What is the Moon Phase for Today?

Moon Phase 27 January 2023 – What is the Moon Phase for Today?

By Astrologer on 2023-01-24 0

What is the Moon phase for today 27 January 2023? – The current moon phase for January 27th, 2023 is the Waxing Crescent. In this article, you will find more information about today’s moon phase 27 January 2023 such as illumination, the approximate distance from the Earth to the moon, and what is the moon sign and more.

What is the Moon Phase 27 January 2023?

Today the Moon will be in a Waxing Crescent phase. This phase is easily viewable just before the sunrise in the western sky. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing little bit smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting very closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated today.

It can also be a great time to see the all these features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the moon’s illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a binoculars or telescope.

Moon Phase 27th January 2023 – Waxing Crescent

Moon phase 27 January 2023

Phase Details For – January 27, 2023

  • Phase: Waxing Crescent
  • Illumination: 38%
  • Moon Age: 6.24 days
  • Moon Angle: 0.52
  • Moon Distance: 379,846.17 km
  • Sun Angle: 0.54
  • Sun Distance: 147,319,339.99 km

Moon Phase 27 January 2023

Today, the Moon will be in a Waxing Crescent Phase. Best seen in the west after the sun dips below the horizon at sun-set. This is the first mooon Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface. The moon is close to the sun in the sky and mostly dark except for the right edge of the moon which becomes brighter as the days get closer to the next moon phase which is a First Quarter with a 50% percentage illumination.

27th January 2023 Waxing Crescent Phase

The Waxing Crescent on January 27, 2023 has an illumination of 38% percentage. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% percentage a day. On January 27th 2023, the Moon is 6.24 -days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 -days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Moon phase and lunation details

5 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 21 January 2023 at 20:53.

Moonrise and Moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♈ Aries

Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1887″

Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% percentage narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1887″ and ∠1948″.

Snow Moon after 9 days

Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2023 after 9 -days on 5 February 2023 at 18:29.

Upcoming main Moon Phases

First Quarter in Taurus ♉ after 1 day on 28 January 2023 at 15:19
Full Moon in Leo ♌ after 9 days on 5 February 2023 at 18:29
Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ after 17 days on 13 February 2023 at 16:01
New Moon in Pisces ♓ after 23 days on 20 February 2023 at 07:06

Moderate tide

There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.

Related:

New Moon January 2023

Full Moon January 2023

Moon Phase January 2023

For more information on the Moon-Cycle and on each moon phase check-out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

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