Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 28 February 2027 at 05:16.
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 in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1776"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2027 after 20 days on 22 March 2027 at 10:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 8 March 2027 at 09:29
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2027 at 16:25
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 March 2027 at 10:44
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 30 March 2027 at 00:54
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 335 / 1288
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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 before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 19 February 2027 at 07:30 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 March 2027 at 05:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 403 490 km
The Moon is 403 490 km (250 717 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 221 km (251 793 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2027 at 04:41 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
22 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 at southern standstill
At 09:41 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-27.684°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠27.611° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 15 March 2027 at 14:15.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 8 March 2027 at 09:29 in ♓ Pisces 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.
