Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 35% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 25 August 2027 at 02:27.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1899".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2027 after 20 days on 15 September 2027 at 23:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 31 August 2027 at 17:41
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 September 2027 at 18:31
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 September 2027 at 23:04
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 23 September 2027 at 10:20
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 341 / 1294
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 341 of Meeus index or 1294 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 36 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 1 minute longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18.2°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 15 August 2027 at 14:23 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 August 2027 at 15:36 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 353 km
The Moon is 369 353 km (229 505 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 208 km (223 202 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 16 August 2027 at 05:51 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 August 2027 at 23:01 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 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 14:14 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠27.172°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-27.122° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 8 September 2027 at 08:57.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 31 August 2027 at 17:41 in ♍ Virgo 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.
