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Moon* ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ 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 12 May 2023 at 14:28.
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 ∠13° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1873"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1873" and ∠1897".
Strawberry Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2023 after 16 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 19 May 2023 at 15:53
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 27 May 2023 at 15:22
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 June 2023 at 03:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 June 2023 at 19:31
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 288 / 1241
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 288 of Meeus index or 1241 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter 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 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠59.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠59.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠92.6°.
Moon after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 11 May 2023 at 04:57 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 May 2023 at 01:39 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 382 733 km
The Moon is 382 733 km (237 819 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 510 km (251 351 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 17 May 2023 at 19:36 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 June 2023 at 06:23 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, 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 9 May 2023 at 09:01 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.937°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.903° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 May 2023 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 19 May 2023 at 15:53 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.
