Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 7 January 2027 at 20:24.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2027 after 12 days on 22 January 2027 at 12:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 15 January 2027 at 20:34
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 22 January 2027 at 12:17
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 29 January 2027 at 10:55
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 6 February 2027 at 15:56
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 334 / 1287
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 334 of Meeus index or 1287 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2027. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠184.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠184.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠210.4°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 7 January 2027 at 08:10 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 January 2027 at 21:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 401 304 km
The Moon is 401 304 km (249 359 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 285 km (222 007 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 15:58 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 23 January 2027 at 17:26 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 15:58 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 5 January 2027 at 20:46 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.636°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.682° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 January 2027 at 23:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 22 January 2027 at 12:17 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
