Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
New Moon
New Moon is the lunar phase on . Surface of the Moon disc is not illuminated. The 1 day young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this New Moon phase is on 27 December 2027 at 20:12 UTC.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at sunrise and sets at sunset. It's part facing the Earth is completely in shadow.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter
Lunar disc is not visible from Earth. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1790" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2028 after 14 days on 12 January 2028 at 04:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 5 January 2028 at 01:40
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 12 January 2028 at 04:03
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 January 2028 at 19:26
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 January 2028 at 15:12
Spring tide
There is high New Moon ocean tide on this date. Combined Sun and Moon gravitational tidal force working on Earth is strong, because of the Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
New lunation 346 / 1299
At 20:12 on this date the Moon completes the old and enters a new synodic month with lunation 346 of Meeus index or 1299 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. It is 25 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠132.4°
The true anomaly is ∠132.4°. At the beginning of the next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠161.9°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 16 December 2027 at 02:21 in ♋ Cancer. 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 1 January 2028 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 400 501 km
The Moon is 400 501 km (248 860 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 633 km (252 049 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 16 December 2027 at 12:21 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 30 December 2027 at 00:51 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 26 December 2027 at 15:52 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.576°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.604° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 January 2028 at 02:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy
The Moon is in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
