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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 10 May 2007 at 04:27.
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 in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1898".
Strawberry Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2007 after 16 days on 1 June 2007 at 01:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 May 2007 at 19:27
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 May 2007 at 21:03
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 June 2007 at 01:04
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 8 June 2007 at 11:43
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 90 / 1043
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 90 of Meeus index or 1043 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 51 minutes. It is 5 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 16 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠19.8°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 15:10. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 30 April 2007 at 10:57 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 27 May 2007 at 22:01 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 359 393 km
This perigee Moon is 359 393 km (223 316 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 115 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 963 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 11 May 2007 at 23:08 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 May 2007 at 17:16 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 6 May 2007 at 04:22 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.341°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.287° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 May 2007 at 23:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 16 May 2007 at 19:27 in ♉ Taurus the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
