Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 41% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 2 May 2032 at 16:02.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1903".
Flower Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2032 after 21 days on 25 May 2032 at 02:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 May 2032 at 13:36
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 17 May 2032 at 09:43
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 May 2032 at 02:37
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 31 May 2032 at 20:51
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 399 / 1352
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 399 of Meeus index or 1352 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠44.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠44.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠73.2°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 20:49. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 19 April 2032 at 03:02 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 16 May 2032 at 22:18 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 512 km
This perigee Moon is 369 512 km (229 604 mi) away from Earth. It is 7 004 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 844 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 25 April 2032 at 21:52 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 May 2032 at 20:11 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 28 April 2032 at 22:45 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.640°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.649° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 May 2032 at 22:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 9 May 2032 at 13:36 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.
