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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 30 March 2027 at 00:54.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1827"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1827" and ∠1918".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2027 after 15 days on 20 April 2027 at 22:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 6 April 2027 at 23:51
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 April 2027 at 22:57
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 20 April 2027 at 22:27
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 28 April 2027 at 20:18
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 336 / 1289
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 336 of Meeus index or 1289 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. It is 3 hours and 15 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 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠242.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠242.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠278.5°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 31 March 2027 at 01:33 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 14 April 2027 at 00:41 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 392 415 km
The Moon is 392 415 km (243 835 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 001 km (229 908 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 2 April 2027 at 10:17 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 April 2027 at 16:31 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
7 days since the previous standstill on 28 March 2027 at 17:43 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.526°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.412° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 April 2027 at 19:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 6 April 2027 at 23:51 in ♈ Aries 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.
