Waxing
Gibbous ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
First Quarter 53% illuminated
First Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and growing larger. The 8 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 13 May 2027 at 04:44 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2027 after 6 days on 20 May 2027 at 10:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2027 at 10:59
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 May 2027 at 13:58
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 June 2027 at 19:40
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 June 2027 at 10:56
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 338 / 1291
The Moon is 8 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 338 of Meeus index or 1291 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 42 minutes. It is 1 hour and 20 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 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 7 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠308.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.4°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 9 May 2027 at 20:07 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 May 2027 at 15:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 751 km
The Moon is 365 751 km (227 267 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 801 km (251 532 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 12 May 2027 at 17:03 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 May 2027 at 15:22 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 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 northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 9 May 2027 at 01:45 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.225°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.162° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 May 2027 at 08:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 20 May 2027 at 10:59 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
