Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 5 April 2029 at 19:51.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1794"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1915".
Pink Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2029 after 18 days on 28 April 2029 at 10:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 13 April 2029 at 21:40
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 April 2029 at 19:50
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 April 2029 at 10:37
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 May 2029 at 09:48
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 361 / 1314
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 361 of Meeus index or 1314 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
Length of current 361 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 362 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 37 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 26 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠164.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠164.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠188.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 30 March 2029 at 05:40 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 April 2029 at 23:04 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 399 517 km
Moon is 399 517 km (248 248 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 670 km (252 693 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 5 April 2029 at 05:50 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 April 2029 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 3 April 2029 at 19:08 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.661°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.526° in the next northern standstill on 18 April 2029 at 10:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 13 April 2029 at 21:40 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.