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Moon* ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2027 after 16 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
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 341 / 1294
The Moon is 28 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 at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 15:36. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 15 August 2027 at 14:23 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 11 September 2027 at 23:39 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 359 208 km
This perigee Moon is 359 208 km (223 202 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 300 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 148 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 29 August 2027 at 23:01 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 September 2027 at 11:26 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
14 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
3 days since the previous standstill on 26 August 2027 at 14:14 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.172°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.122° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 September 2027 at 08:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day 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.
