Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 28 April 2008 at 14:12.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1897"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1897" and ∠1904".
Flower Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2008 after 18 days on 20 May 2008 at 02:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 May 2008 at 12:18
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 May 2008 at 03:47
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2008 at 02:11
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 May 2008 at 02:57
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 102 / 1055
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 102 of Meeus index or 1055 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 102 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 23 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 103 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 21 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 48 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠332.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠349.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 23 April 2008 at 09:34 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 May 2008 at 03:22 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 377 947 km
Moon is 377 947 km (234 845 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 772 km (222 309 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 29 April 2008 at 20:07 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 May 2008 at 06:37 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 24 April 2008 at 22:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.695°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.625° in the next northern standstill on 8 May 2008 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 5 May 2008 at 12:18 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.