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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 12 April 2015 at 03:44.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1911".
Flower Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2015 after 16 days on 4 May 2015 at 03:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 April 2015 at 18:57
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 25 April 2015 at 23:55
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 May 2015 at 03:42
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 11 May 2015 at 10:36
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 188 / 1141
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 188 of Meeus index or 1141 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 21 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 3 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠9.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠27.1°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 03:53. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 1 April 2015 at 12:59 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next apogee on 29 April 2015 at 03:55 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 361 026 km
This perigee Moon is 361 026 km (224 331 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 482 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 330 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 13:07 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 1 May 2015 at 09:50 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 10 April 2015 at 07:46 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.250°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.280° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 April 2015 at 23:26 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 18 April 2015 at 18:57 in ♈ Aries 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.
