Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 6 February 2027 at 15:56.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1808"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2027 after 12 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- 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
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 8 March 2027 at 09:29
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 335 / 1288
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 335 of Meeus index or 1288 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 335 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 33 minutes. It is 3 hours and 11 minutes longer than next lunation 336 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠210.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠242.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 3 February 2027 at 13:31 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 396 370 km
Moon is 396 370 km (246 293 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 015 km (224 324 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 6 February 2027 at 21:44 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 2 February 2027 at 02:38 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.706°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.710° in the next northern standstill on 16 February 2027 at 07:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.