Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 20% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 22 October 2027 at 17:29.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2027 after 19 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 October 2027 at 13:36
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 November 2027 at 08:00
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 November 2027 at 03:26
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 November 2027 at 00:48
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 343 / 1296
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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 at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 05:36. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 9 October 2027 at 15:47 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next apogee on 6 November 2027 at 11:37 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 368 651 km
This perigee Moon is 368 651 km (229 069 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 143 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 705 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 23 October 2027 at 08:15 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 November 2027 at 16:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
15 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
5 days since the previous standstill on 20 October 2027 at 01:41 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.793°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.700° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 November 2027 at 01:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 29 October 2027 at 13:36 in ♎ Libra 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.
