Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1776"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1934".
Worm Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2027 after 16 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 26 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 3 March 2027 at 05:41 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 March 2027 at 04:31 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 403 631 km
The Moon is 403 631 km (250 805 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 440 km (227 695 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 20 February 2027 at 04:40 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 March 2027 at 04:41 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
26 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 1 March 2027 at 09:41 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.684°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.611° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 March 2027 at 14:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 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.
