Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 21 November 2027 at 00:48.
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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1901"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1901" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2027 after 18 days on 13 December 2027 at 16:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 November 2027 at 03:24
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 6 December 2027 at 05:22
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 December 2027 at 16:09
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 December 2027 at 09:11
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 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 344 of Meeus index or 1297 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 344 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 48 minutes. It is 3 hours shorter than next lunation 345 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 59 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠61.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠96°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 19 November 2027 at 00:10 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 December 2027 at 08:42 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 377 041 km
Moon is 377 041 km (234 282 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 663 km (251 446 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 19 November 2027 at 08:34 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 December 2027 at 19:38 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 16 November 2027 at 07:40 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.619°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.574° in the next southern standstill on 29 November 2027 at 09:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 28 November 2027 at 03:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.