Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 30% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and getting smaller. The 24 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 30 May 2024 at 17:13.
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 ∠5° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2024 after 20 days on 22 June 2024 at 01:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 6 June 2024 at 12:38
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 14 June 2024 at 05:18
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 June 2024 at 01:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2024 at 21:53
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 301 / 1254
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 301 of Meeus index or 1254 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 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 3 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠60.7°.
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of apogee on 17 May 2024 at 19:00 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 June 2024 at 07:23 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 494 km
The Moon is 363 494 km (225 865 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 108 km (228 732 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 19 May 2024 at 16:35 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 June 2024 at 03:08 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 25 May 2024 at 19:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.401°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.365° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 June 2024 at 16:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 6 June 2024 at 12:38 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.
