Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 23% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 6 June 2018 at 18:32.
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 ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1866"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1890".
Strawberry Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2018 after 18 days on 28 June 2018 at 04:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2018 at 19:43
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 June 2018 at 10:51
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 28 June 2018 at 04:53
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 July 2018 at 07:51
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 227 / 1180
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 227 of Meeus index or 1180 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. It is 50 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.3°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 2 June 2018 at 16:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 June 2018 at 23:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 384 062 km
The Moon is 384 062 km (238 645 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 507 km (223 387 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 3 June 2018 at 12:39 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 June 2018 at 17:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 1 June 2018 at 07:09 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.727°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.754° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 June 2018 at 00:52 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 13 June 2018 at 19:43 in ♊ Gemini 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.