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Moon* ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 29 January 2027 at 10:55.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon is entering ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2027 after 15 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 6 February 2027 at 15:56
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 14 February 2027 at 07:58
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2027 at 23:23
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 February 2027 at 05:16
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.
Lunation 334 / 1287
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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
1 day after point of apogee on 3 February 2027 at 13:31 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 403 km
The Moon is 404 403 km (251 284 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 015 km (224 324 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 23 January 2027 at 17:26 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 February 2027 at 21:44 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 2 February 2027 at 02:38 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.706°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.710° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 February 2027 at 07:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 6 February 2027 at 15:56 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
