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
Length of current 341 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 36 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes shorter than next lunation 342 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠2.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠18.2°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 15 August 2027 at 14:23 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 August 2027 at 15:36 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 353 km
Moon is 369 353 km (229 505 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 208 km (223 202 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 16 August 2027 at 05:51 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 29 August 2027 at 23:01 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 14:14 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠27.172°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-27.122° in its southern standstill point on 8 September 2027 at 08:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 31 August 2027 at 17:41 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.