Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 5 May 2029 at 09:48.
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 ∠16° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1900".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2029 after 17 days on 27 May 2029 at 18:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 13 May 2029 at 13:42
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 May 2029 at 04:16
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 May 2029 at 18:37
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 4 June 2029 at 01:19
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 362 / 1315
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 362 of Meeus index or 1315 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 362 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than next lunation 363 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠188.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠213.4°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 07:00, this is 12 days after last perigee on 27 April 2029 at 16:24 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 25 May 2029 at 22:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 406 125 km
This apogee Moon is 406 125 km (252 354 mi) away from Earth. It is 717 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 584 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 2 May 2029 at 09:41 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 May 2029 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 1 May 2029 at 04:13 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.466°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.404° in the next northern standstill on 15 May 2029 at 15:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 13 May 2029 at 13:42 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.