Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 23% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 6 April 2027 at 23:51.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1914".
Pink Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2027 after 9 days on 20 April 2027 at 22:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- 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
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 May 2027 at 10:58
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 337 / 1290
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 337 of Meeus index or 1290 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 25 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 32 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠278.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠278.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠308.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 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 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 April 2027 at 00:41 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 366 716 km
The Moon is 366 716 km (227 867 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 001 km (229 908 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 2 April 2027 at 10:17 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 April 2027 at 16:31 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
9 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 at northern standstill
At 19:29 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠27.412°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-27.312° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 25 April 2027 at 01:45.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 20 April 2027 at 22:27 in ♎ Libra 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.
