Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 14% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1848"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1848" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2027 after 10 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 4 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 33 minutes. It is 3 hours and 11 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 4 hours and 49 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠210.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠210.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠242.4°.
Moon after apogee
6 days 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 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 387 812 km
The Moon is 387 812 km (240 975 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 015 km (224 324 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 6 February 2027 at 21:44 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 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 5 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 10 days
In 10 days on 20 February 2027 at 23:23 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.
