Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 28% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 26 March 2030 at 09:51.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1905"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1922".
Pink Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2030 after 20 days on 18 April 2030 at 03:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 April 2030 at 22:02
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 11 April 2030 at 02:57
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 18 April 2030 at 03:20
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 April 2030 at 18:39
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 373 / 1326
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 373 of Meeus index or 1326 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes. It is 42 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 19 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠139°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 21 March 2030 at 22:00 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 April 2030 at 18:47 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 376 305 km
The Moon is 376 305 km (233 825 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 659 km (252 065 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 25 March 2030 at 05:48 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 April 2030 at 08:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 25 March 2030 at 03:57 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.011°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.881° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 April 2030 at 08:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 2 April 2030 at 22:02 in ♈ Aries 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.
