Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 42% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 26 July 2027 at 16:55.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1887"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1887" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2027 after 20 days on 17 August 2027 at 07:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2027 at 10:05
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 August 2027 at 04:54
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 August 2027 at 07:29
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 August 2027 at 02:27
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 340 / 1293
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 340 of Meeus index or 1293 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
Length of current 340 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 3 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2027. It is 33 minutes shorter than next lunation 341 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 41 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 28 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠347.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠347.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠2.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 19 July 2027 at 11:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 2 August 2027 at 06:28 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 379 870 km
Moon is 379 870 km (236 040 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 362 km (222 054 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 19 July 2027 at 23:33 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 August 2027 at 12:33 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 15 July 2027 at 20:16 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.184°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.208° in the next northern standstill on 30 July 2027 at 05:47 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 2 August 2027 at 10:05 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.