Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 16% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 29 October 2027 at 13:36.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1802"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1802" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2027 after 11 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- 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
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 November 2027 at 03:24
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 344 / 1297
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 344 of Meeus index or 1297 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes. It is 3 hours 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 59 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠61.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠96°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 25 October 2027 at 05:36 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 November 2027 at 11:37 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 397 696 km
The Moon is 397 696 km (247 117 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 183 km (251 148 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 23 October 2027 at 08:15 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 November 2027 at 16:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
23 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 at southern standstill
At 01:17 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-26.700°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠26.619° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 16 November 2027 at 07:40.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 14 November 2027 at 03:26 in ♉ Taurus 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.
