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On this page you can find information on the specific moon phase on any given date. You can learn on the illumination, the moon position, age, angle and other parameters linked to the phase on the searched date.
Moon phase on : . During each lunar month, we see the Moon's appearance change from not visibly illuminated through partially illuminated to fully illuminated, then back through partially illuminated to not illuminated again. The illumination in this moon phase is .
The number of days counted from the time of the new moon is the Moon's age. On the Moon is old. The lunar cycle takes 29.53 days to complete, which allows us to see it changing and morphing from new moon to new moon.
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First Quarter is the
lunar phase on 27 May 2023, Saturday. Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo. * The exact date and time of this First Quarter phase is on 27 May 2023 at 15:22 UTC. Previous
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.First Quarter 49% illuminated
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moon rises at noon and sets at midnight. It is visible high in the southern sky in early evening.Moonrise and moonset
Moon is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1894".
Strawberry Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2023 after 7 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ after 7 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ after 14 days on 10 June 2023 at 19:31
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ after 21 days on 18 June 2023 at 04:37
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ after 29 days on 26 June 2023 at 07:50
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 289 / 1242
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 289 of Meeus index or 1242 from Brown series.
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Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 same as the mean
The length of the current synodic month is equal to the mean synodic month length. It is %hours_to_shortest% and %minutes_to_shortest% longer than the 21st century's shortest and %hours_to_longest% and %minutes_to_longest% shorter than the 21st century's longest synodic months.
Lunar orbit position on 27 May 2023 Saturday 12:00 UTC
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠92.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be
∠127.4°. 1 day after point of apogee on 26 May 2023 at 01:39 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this
direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 June 2023 at 23:07 in ♑ Capricorn. Previous
apogeeNext perigee The Moon is 404 295 km [251 217 mi] away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point
perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 860 km [226 713 mi]. 9 days after ascending node on 17 May 2023 at 19:36 in ♈
Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 June 2023 at 06:23 in ♏ Scorpio. Previous nodeNext node 9 days
since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle. PreviousCurrent
draconic monthNext 4 days since the previous standstill on
22 May 2023 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.903°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.866° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 June 2023 at 16:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. Previous standstillNext standstill In 7 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42 in ♐ Sagittarius 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. Previous syzygyNext syzygyTrue anomaly ∠92.6°
Moon after apogee
Distance to Moon 404 295 km
Moon before descending node
Draconic month
Moon after northern standstill
Syzygy in 7 days