Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 6 July 2018 at 07:51.
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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1876"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1876" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2018 after 20 days on 27 July 2018 at 20:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 July 2018 at 02:48
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 19 July 2018 at 19:52
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 27 July 2018 at 20:20
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 August 2018 at 18:18
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 228 / 1181
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 228 of Meeus index or 1181 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 5 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2018. It is 5 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 39 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 30 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠340.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠356°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 30 June 2018 at 02:43 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 13 July 2018 at 08:28 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 382 073 km
The Moon is 382 073 km (237 409 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 432 km (222 098 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after descending node on 30 June 2018 at 16:44 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 14 July 2018 at 02:50 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, 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 28 June 2018 at 14:30 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.775°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.761° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 July 2018 at 12:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 13 July 2018 at 02:48 in ♋ Cancer 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.
