Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 27 December 2027 at 20:12.
Wolf Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2028 after 10 days on 12 January 2028 at 04:03.
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.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1951".
Lunation 346 / 1299
The Moon is 4 days young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 346 of Meeus index or 1299 from Brown series.
The length of this lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute and it is 25 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 details for
True anomaly ∠132.4°
The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠132.4° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠161.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 03:52 about 16 days since last perigee on 16 December 2027 at 02:21 in ♋ Cancer the lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the upcoming 11 days until point of next perigee on 13 January 2028 at 07:47 in ♌ Leo.
This apogee Moon is 405 633 km(252 049 mi) away from Earth. It is 225 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 076 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 30 December 2027 at 00:51 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 12 January 2028 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer.
5 days since the last southern 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 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.604° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 January 2028 at 02:36 in ♊ Gemini.
In 10 days on 12 January 2028 at 04:03 in ♋ Cancer 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.