Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 30 September 2027 at 02:36.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1898"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1898" and ∠1917".
Hunter Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2027 after 14 days on 15 October 2027 at 13:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 7 October 2027 at 11:47
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 15 October 2027 at 13:47
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 22 October 2027 at 17:29
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 October 2027 at 13:36
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 343 / 1296
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 343 of Meeus index or 1296 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 1 minute. It is 2 hours and 48 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 1 hour and 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 25 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠61.7°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 27 September 2027 at 20:12 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 October 2027 at 15:47 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 377 597 km
The Moon is 377 597 km (234 628 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 531 km (251 364 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 26 September 2027 at 06:04 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 October 2027 at 14:58 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
19 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 before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 22 September 2027 at 20:33 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.015°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.921° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 October 2027 at 16:53 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 15 October 2027 at 13:47 in ♈ Aries the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
