Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 May 2027 at 13:58.
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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1822"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1822" and ∠1893".
Strawberry Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2027 after 19 days on 19 June 2027 at 00:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 June 2027 at 19:40
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 June 2027 at 10:56
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 June 2027 at 00:44
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 27 June 2027 at 04:54
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 338 / 1291
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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 apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 25 May 2027 at 15:13 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 June 2027 at 14:54 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 393 317 km
The Moon is 393 317 km (244 396 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 703 km (224 752 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 26 May 2027 at 15:22 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 June 2027 at 19:23 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
8 days since the previous standstill on 22 May 2027 at 08:52 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.162°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.143° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 June 2027 at 10:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 4 June 2027 at 19:40 in ♊ Gemini 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.
